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PULSE 2/20/2026: Physician Advocacy Day is Your Opportunity to Help Protect Your Practice and Your Patients
Physician Advocacy Day is Your Opportunity to Help Protect Your Practice and Your Patients Click to Enlarge Key Issue: The Executive Budget includes proposals shifting malpractice costs to physicians, weakening IDR protections, expanding unsupervised PA practice, and eliminating county vetting in Workers’ Compensation. Why It
PULSE 2/20/2026: Presidents Corner
Don’t Blame Doctors for a System Insurers Designed Click to Enlarge Colleagues: The New York Health Plan Association’s recent op-ed that compared Medicaid billing and the IDR process to a plumber’s charges for a leaky faucet makes for a catchy headline. It also fundamentally misrepresents
PULSE 2/13/2026: MSSNY President Warns Legislature About Disastrous Patient Consequences of Adverse Budget Proposals
MSSNY President Warns Legislature About Disastrous Patient Consequences of Adverse Budget Proposals Click to Enlarge Listen Here
PULSE 2/13/2026: Insurance Barriers Create Challenges for Practices, Patient Care
Insurance Barriers Create Challenges for Practices, Patient Care Click to Enlarge Independent physician practices face challenges in large part because of barriers imposed by the insurance industry, write Dr. Thomas Lee, executive vice president at the Medical Society of the State of New
PULSE 2/13/2026: Member Spotlight: Dr. Albert S. Hartel, Caring for Western New York’s Allergy and Asthma Patients Since 2006
Member Spotlight: Dr. Albert S. Hartel, Caring for Western New York’s Allergy and Asthma Patients Since 2006 Click to Enlarge For many New York physicians, juggling administrative demands, staffing shortages, and increasingly complex patient needs can make it difficult to provide the personalized care that inspired them
