PULSE 5/16/2025: Please Urge Your Legislators to Oppose Latest Wrongful Death Liability Expansion Legislation
Please Urge Your Legislators to Oppose Latest Wrongful Death Liability Expansion Legislation Click to Enlarge Despite the fact that Governor Hochul has vetoed legislation three times in the last three years that would greatly expand damages awardable in wrongful death actions and dramatically increase physicians’ already staggeringly high
PULSE 5/16/2025: House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee Releases Reconciliation Package on Medicaid & Medicare
House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee Releases Reconciliation Package on Medicaid & Medicare Click to Enlarge This week U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee released its much-anticipated spending proposals including for the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The bill was
PULSE 5/9/2025: Capital Update May 9, 2025
Capital Update May 9, 2025 Click to Enlarge State Budget Passes with Numerous Problematic Items Removed from the Final Version Please Help Us Advocate for Prior Authorization Reforms by Completing our Survey. MSSNY Continues Advocacy Efforts to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for
PULSE 5/9/2025: MSSNY Fights for Legislation to Provide Physicians Due Process when a Health Insurer Does Not Renew Their Contract
MSSNY Fights for Legislation to Provide Physicians Due Process when a Health Insurer Does Not Renew Their Contract Click to Enlarge This week the New York State Senate passed legislation supported by MSSNY (S.1911-A, Rivera), which would amend the Public Health Law
PULSE 5/2/2025: Capital Update May 2, 2025
Capital Update May 2, 2025 Click to Enlarge State Budget Negotiations Continue Despite Agreement on Some Key Issues MSSNY Continues Advocacy Efforts to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for Millions of New Yorkers MSSNY Continues Push to Reverse Medicare Cuts to Physicians
PULSE 5/2/2025: Please Help us Advocate for Prior Authorization Reforms by Completing our Survey.
Please Help us Advocate for Prior Authorization Reforms by Completing our Survey. Click to Enlarge MSSNY is advocating for multiple pieces of legislation (such as A.2352, McDonald/S.7470, Hoylman and A.3789, Weprin/S.7297, Hoylman) to reduce excessive prior authorization hassles imposed by health
PULSE 5/2/2025: Physicians Urged to Take Action to Help Preserve Affordable Student Loan Repayment Options and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Physicians Urged to Take Action to Help Preserve Affordable Student Loan Repayment Options and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Click to Enlarge On April 3, the U.S Department of Education announced it was initiating the federal rulemaking process to propose major changes to
PULSE 4/25/2025: Health Dept Regulation Would Expand Opportunities for IMGs in Public Hospitals
Health Dept Regulation Would Expand Opportunities for IMGs in Public Hospitals Click to Enlarge A regulation Limited Permit Allowances.pdf proposed this week by the New York State Department of Health would permit International Medical Graduate physicians (IMGs) with NYSED-granted limited permits
PULSE 4/25/2025: Liability Expansion Legislation Again Introduced in NYS Legislature
Liability Expansion Legislation Again Introduced in NYS Legislature Click to Enlarge Despite Governor Hochul’s three incredibly important vetoes of legislation that would have further narrowed patients’ access to care through a dramatic increase in liability costs for physicians and hospitals, near-identical
PULSE 4/25/2025: State Budget Deal Close; Don’t Let Up on Advocacy!
State Budget Deal Close; Don’t Let Up on Advocacy! Click to Enlarge Legislative leaders have indicated that they are close to an agreement on a State Budget framework, setting the stage for what could be passage next week of the
