New NYSDOH Rules Strengthen Physician and Community Input in Hospital Closure Decisions Click to Enlarge At its 2021 House of Delegates, MSSNY adopted policy (150.959) urging that there be meaningful local physician and patient input into proposals to close, downsize or re-purpose hospitals that could adversely
Assembly & Senate Pass Legislation to Protect Healthcare Workers in Emergency Settings Click to Enlarge Governor Hochul has signed into law legislation (A.203-B, Cruz/S.5294-B, Sepulveda) supported by MSSNY and the New York American College of Emergency Physicians to require hospitals to develop a violence prevention
Governor Hochul is to be praised for signing into law the Medical Aid in Dying legislation, which encompasses significant negotiated changes. These include placing further restrictions and requirements around the circumstances for when this extraordinary measure can be requested by a patient […]
For the fourth year in a row, Governor Hochul has vetoed the Grieving Families Act. MSSNY is deeply appreciative of the Governor’s action. The trial lawyers’ group exerted tremendous political pressure to push the GFA, […]
The physicians of New York State are once again sincerely grateful to Governor Hochul for her veto of legislation that would have greatly expanded the awards in actions for wrongful death. Governor Hochul has stood […]
The budget bill which just passed in the House of Representatives and headed to President Donald Trump's desk will have devastating effects for maintaining an affordable and sustainable health care system in New York. […]
President Trump Signs Continuing Resolution (CR) Reopening Government; Includes Temporary Extension of Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Through January 2026 Click to Enlarge President Trump signed a temporary continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government and extend certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities through January 30, 2026. The
Important Information from the New York State DOH About Required and Recommended Vaccines Click to Enlarge At a time when some states are confoundingly seeking to weaken immunization requirements that threaten our collective efforts to prevent and contain communicable diseases, MSSNY strongly supports the New York
“Babies born just six subway stops apart in New York City face a nine-year difference in life expectancy.” This finding comes from a 2015 map developed by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University in association with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the [...]
