Physician Advocacy Continues to Support Technical Fix of Unworkable Financial Consent Requirement Created in Last Year’s State Budget Click to Enlarge Physicians should continue to urge their legislators Revise Requirement to ask that they support a proposal, Part L, in the Executive Budget HMH bill to provide a technical fix to
State Budget Negotiations Likely Headed to Overtime; Ongoing Physician Advocacy Needed. Click to Enlarge With the April 1 State Budget deadline rapidly approaching, it appears we are headed towards passage of a short Budget extender next week to give more time to the Governor, Senate
Congress Expanded Medicare Telehealth Coverage Through September Click to Enlarge A six-month extension of the COVID-era Medicare telehealth waivers was included in the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by Congress and signed into law, continuing this expanded coverage until September 30, 2025. Telehealth waivers were set to expire on
Physician Advocacy Continues to Fix Unworkable Financial Consent Law Click to Enlarge This week the Assembly Health Committee unanimously advanced to the floor legislation (A.6773, Paulin) to revise the unworkable requirement enacted last year (put “on hold” by the NYS Department of Health) that requires a physician
Physicians Must Continue to Advocate on the Numerous Challenging State Budget Issues Click to Enlarge With the Senate and Assembly having each passed their respective “one-House” Budget proposals, conference committees and “3-way” Budget negotiations have begun with the Governor’s office towards adoption of a State
Senate, Assembly One-House Budgets Reject Several Problematic Health Care Initiatives. Budget Negotiations to Ensue. Click to Enlarge This week, the Senate and Assembly each passed their respective “one-House” Budget proposals to frame the discussions for upcoming “3-way” Budget negotiations with the Governor’s office towards adoption of
Advocacy to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for Millions of New Yorkers Click to Enlarge At the same time that we are advocating to help maintain access to physician care for patients covered by Medicare, we are also working to prevent potentially steep cuts to the Medicaid program.
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, efforts to reverse steep cuts to Medicare payments were dealt a significant blow
Physician Grassroots Must Continue to Fight Adverse Budget Proposals That Weaken Patient Access to Community-Based Physician Care Click to Enlarge Physicians must continue to advocate to their legislators on the numerous proposals impacting medical care delivery set forth in the Executive Budget proposal for the 2025-26 Fiscal
Physician Grassroots Must Continue to Fight Adverse Budget Proposals That Weaken Patient Access to Community-Based Physician Care Click to Enlarge Physicians must continue to advocate to their legislators on the numerous proposals impacting medical care delivery set forth in the Executive Budget proposal for the 2025-26
