The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index Proves Effective for Risk-Adjustment Across Medicare, Medicaid and Privately Insured Populations

Previously in 2024, researchers at the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute published a novel risk-adjustment score–the Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index (NICI)–predictive of patients’ advanced imaging use. Now, these researchers have published more extensive validation of the NICI to test its utility in datasets other than the claims dataset from which it was developed. 

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