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 legislation (S4423/A6063) to expand damages
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 various bills that comprise the
Progress in State Budget This Week; Ongoing Physician Advocacy Essential Click to Enlarge The legislative leaders’ announcement this week of a resolution to one of the thorny policy issues holding up the State Budget advances the possibility that a final Budget could be adopted by the
MSSNY Joins with Patient and Provider Groups to Reduce Health Insurer Audit Abuse Click to Enlarge MSSNY has joined with several other provider and patient advocacy groups in support of legislation (A.3365, Lavine/S.5209, Scarcella-Spanton) to substantially reduce the time frame for health insurance plans to recoup
Help Us Advocate for Prior Authorization Reform Legislation: Take Our Survey Click to Enlarge Excessive prior authorization demands from health insurers impose overwhelming burdens that can cause unnecessary delays for patients in obtaining needed treatment and medications. Delay in authorization of prescriptions, tests or procedures can cause
Senator Hoylman Introduces Prior Authorization Reform Bill Click to Enlarge With negotiations for the State Budget expected to wrap up in the next few weeks, MSSNY’s advocacy focus for the end of the Legislative Session will shift to working with several groups in strong support of
Continued State Budget Impasse; Ongoing Physician Advocacy Essential Click to Enlarge Yesterday’s passage of yet another short Budget extender until April 15 continues to “leave open” to further negotiations many of the problematic healthcare provisions of the State Budget. We thank the State Assembly and State Senate for excluding
Capital Update: April 11, 2025 Click to Enlarge Physician Advocacy Continues to Support Technical Fix of Unworkable Financial Consent Requirement Created in Last Year’s State Budget Advocacy to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for Millions of New Yorkers Continued Grassroots Push Needed to Reverse Medicare Cuts
Advocacy to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for Millions of New Yorkers Click to Enlarge Physicians are also urged to advocate to help protect patient access to community-based physician care by opposing steep cuts to Medicaid coverage and payment for care that is being considered by Congress as
MSSNY Continues Push to New York Congressional Delegation to Reverse Medicare Cuts Click to Enlarge Despite intense advocacy efforts by MSSNY together with the AMA and countless medical associations across the country, the recently enacted Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by Congress to fund the government through
