Michal Horny, PhD, MSc

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-727-7791
Email Address

michal.horny@emory.edu

Biography

Michal Horný, PhD, MSc, is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Horný is also an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.

Dr. Horný is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute.

Education

Dr. Horný received his Master of Science in Stochastics and Financial Mathematics from VU University Amsterdam. He then received his PhD in Health Services Research from Boston University.

Titles & Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Research

Dr. Horný is interested in cancer health care disparities due to health policy, the cost of care and health insurance benefit design. He is also interested in the assessment of the value of care with a particular focus on cancer screening and diagnostic imaging.

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Patients' Reported Preferences for Episode-Based Cost-Sharing Models: A Survey Study. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	K Dao, O Dimowo, O Akande, D Reese, A Joshi, S Sriram, M Horný, AM Fendrick, RC Carlos, G Sadigh	04/24/2025
Inequities in Unexpected Cost-Sharing for Preventive Care in the United States. American journal of preventive medicine	A Hoagland, O Yu, M Horný	01/01/2025
Tempering expectations for hospital price transparency rules as a solution to health care cost growth. Journal of hospital medicine	M Horný, PR Shafer	11/17/2024
U.S. Imaging Costs: Michal Horný Talks with Ken Herrmann and Johannes Czernin About the Changing Contribution of Medical Imaging to Health Care Costs. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine	M Horný, K Herrmann, J Czernin	11/01/2024
Social Determinants of Health and Insurance Claim Denials for Preventive Care. JAMA network open	A Hoagland, O Yu, M Horný	09/03/2024
Episode-Based Cost Sharing to Prospectively Guarantee Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs. JAMA internal medicine	M Horný, DM Anderson, AM Fendrick	06/01/2024
Decomposition of medical imaging spending growth between 2010 and 2021 in the US employer-insured population. Health affairs scholar	M Horný, D Chang, EW Christensen, EY Rula, R Duszak	03/01/2024
Health-related quality of life among prostate cancer survivors with metastatic disease and non-metastatic disease and men without a cancer history in the USA. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice	Z Zheng, KS Shi, A Kamal, DH Howard, M Horný, TB Richards, DU Ekwueme, KR Yabroff	12/16/2023
Healthcare price transparency in North America and Europe. The British journal of radiology	H Araich, J Tran, J Jung, M Horný, G Sadigh	11/01/2023
The cost burden of metastatic prostate cancer in the US populations covered by employer-sponsored health insurance. Cancer	M Horný, KR Yabroff, CP Filson, Z Zheng, DU Ekwueme, TB Richards, DH Howard	10/15/2023
Quantifying the Healthcare Burden of Pediatric Feeding Disorder after Congenital Heart Surgery. The Journal of pediatrics	TA Mohiuddin, N Raol, CS Tey, M Horný, C Zhang, WG Sharp, N Chanani, RE Patzer	10/01/2023
Patients' Perspectives Regarding Generator Exchanges of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes	SC Montembeau, FM Merchant, C Speight, DB Kramer, DD Matlock, M Horný, NW Dickert, BR Rao	08/01/2023
Utilization of Chest and Abdominopelvic CT for Traumatic Injury From 2011 to 2018: Evaluation Using a National Commercial Database. AJR. American journal of roentgenology	NV Salastekar, R Duszak, S Santavicca, M Horný, P Balthazar, A Khaja, DR Hughes, TN Hanna	02/01/2023
Complex Billing for Nonemergency Outpatient Imaging: An Obstacle to the Success of Health Care Price Transparency Initiatives. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	M Mukherjee, M Horný	01/01/2023
Spending on Medical Imaging by Age and Gender in the U.S. Population With Employer-Sponsored Insurance. AJR. American journal of roentgenology	M Horný, R Duszak	12/01/2022
Clinical Characteristics of Most Frequent Use of Iodinated Contrast Media for CT. AJR. American journal of roentgenology	M Horný, AM Saindane, R Duszak	11/01/2022
Monthly Cost-Sharing Limits and Out-of-pocket Costs for Commercially Insured Patients in the US. JAMA network open	PR Shafer, M Horný, SB Dusetzina	09/01/2022
Concordance of Disclosed Hospital Prices With Total Reimbursements for Hospital-Based Care Among Commercially Insured Patients in the US. JAMA network open	M Horný, PR Shafer, SB Dusetzina	12/01/2021
Disproportionate Use in Minor Trauma Is Driving Emergency Department Cervical Spine Imaging: An Injury Severity Score-Based Analysis. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	A Khaja, M Horný, P Balthazar, TN Hanna, P Harkey, A Villalobos, R Duszak	11/01/2021
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Update and Computed Tomography for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Privately Insured Population. American journal of preventive medicine	S Chen, CC Moreno, R Duszak, M Horný	07/01/2021
Annual Out-Of-Pocket Spending Clusters Within Short Time Intervals: Implications For Health Care Affordability. Health affairs (Project Hope)	S Chen, PR Shafer, SB Dusetzina, M Horný	02/01/2021
Differences in Female and Male-to-Female Transgender Facial Skin Micro-Vessel Density. Facial plastic surgery & aesthetic medicine	JE Kuperstock, R Gedik, M Horný, T Osborn, D Kindelberger, JH Spiegel	01/01/2021
Associations Over Time Between Paid Medical Malpractice Claims and Imaging Utilization in the United States. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	A Villalobos, M Horný, DR Hughes, R Duszak	01/01/2021
Use of Screening CT Colonography by Age and Race: A Study of Potential Access Barriers Related to Medicare Noncoverage Based on Data From the ACR's National CT Colonography Registry. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	CC Moreno, J Yee, AH Dachman, R Duszak, L Goldman, M Horný	01/01/2021
Clinical Yield of Routine Chest Radiography after Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis. Academic radiology	K Singh, P Balthazar, R Duszak, M Horný, TN Hanna	10/01/2020
Invasive Procedural Treatments for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids: A Cost Analysis. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	J Cronan, M Horný, R Duszak, J Newsome, R Carlos, DR Hughes, S Memula, N Kokabi	10/01/2020
Medicare for All: Considerations for Neuroradiologists. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology	TH Nguyen, JM Milburn, R Duszak, J Savoie, M Horný, JA Hirsch	05/01/2020
Geographic Dispersion and Rural Versus Urban Utilization of CT Colonography in the United States. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR	CC Moreno, R Duszak, J Yee, M Horny	04/01/2020
Dense Breast Notification Laws: Impact on Downstream Imaging After Screening Mammography. Medical care research and review : MCRR	M Horný, AB Cohen, R Duszak, CL Christiansen, M Shwartz, JF Burgess	04/01/2020
The Introduction and Development of the H-index for Imaging Utilizers: A Novel Metric for Quantifying Utilization of Emergency Department Imaging. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine	TN Hanna, R Duszak, A Chahine, ME Zygmont, KD Herr, M Horný	10/01/2019
State-Level Variation in Inferior Vena Cava Filter Utilization Across Medicare and Commercially Insured Populations. AJR. American journal of roentgenology	D Kishore, M Horný, AB Rosenkrantz, J Hemingway, DR Hughes, R Duszak	06/01/2019
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Overview of Key Concepts, Recommendations, Controversies, and Pitfalls. Academic radiology	N Kadom, JN Itri, A Trofimova, HJ Otero, M Horný	04/01/2019
Emergency department imaging superusers. Emergency radiology	TN Hanna, S Kundu, K Singh, M Horný, D Wood, A Prater, R Duszak	04/01/2019
Response to Letter Regarding Characteristics of State Policies Impact Health Care Delivery. Medical care	M Horný, R Duszak	02/01/2019
Mobile app technology is associated with improved otolaryngology resident in-service performance. The Laryngoscope	JE Kuperstock, M Horný, MP Platt	01/01/2019
Cost-effectiveness of preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention for conception in the United States. AIDS (London, England)	AA Leech, JF Burgess, M Sullivan, W Kuohung, M Horný, ML Drainoni, CL Christiansen, BP Linas	11/28/2018

Awards

Dr. Horný was awarded the Dunwoody Golf Club Prostate Cancer Research Award provided by the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (2019).