Health Care Specialists
Like any health care service, diagnostic medical imaging can be a powerful tool when used properly. But there can be too much of a good thing - as imaging tests can be counter-productive and harmful to patients if used inappropriately. That's why National Imaging Associates (NIA) has made our clinical expertise the cornerstone of our innovative and successful radiology benefits management solutions.
Unmatched Clinical Expertise
With unmatched clinical expertise, NIA's clinical team conducts ongoing research and stays on top of the latest techniques and technologies. From market-leading data analytics to the most thorough provider privileging standards in the field, our team works with you, your customers and providers to achieve the best health results for your dollars.
Our highly trained physicians, nurses and other health care professionals oversee our medical necessity review process to provide peer-to-peer advice and counsel and you'll find renowned radiology experts in key leadership positions at NIA.
Clinical Foundation
NIA was co-founded by physicians, all of specialists programs are developed in conjunction with radiologists and other physician specialists and we use physician-developed consensus, standards and evidence to provide decision support. As such, we continually advocate for greater use of evidence-based and consensus-based standards to oversee the practice of diagnostic imaging.
This foundation of clinical expertise has enabled us to become the industry leader in these important areas:
- Data analytics. With the industry's largest clinical and financial database of imaging encounters, we can identify trends and show you how to refine your products and services. Plus, with our award-winning Customer Dashboard, you'll have access to timely information such as call center volume, how patients are being served - and the effectiveness of your program.
- Provider privileging. Our pioneering privileging system evaluates member access to network providers, identifies high-quality providers and determines the tests they are qualified to perform. But more than that, we conduct provider performance reviews to reinforce best practices and help educate providers who are performing outside those best practices.
- Radiation awareness. From our consumer Web portal to physician notification about patients' radiation exposure, we're doing more than anyone in the industry to prevent unsafe use of imaging services.
- Peer-to-peer consultations. In cases where medical necessity review requests clinically indicate further consultation, physicians are transferred to one of NIA's expert board-certified radiologists or other specialists. No request is ever denied without a concerted effort by NIA physicians to discuss the matter with the referring physician in peer-to-peer dialogue.
For more information about how you can put the power of NIA's clinical expertise to work for your business, contact us.