MSSNY’s House of Delegates Passes Significant New Policy, Including Support for Medical Aid in Dying
At its annual meeting last weekend, MSSNY’s House of Delegates passed significant new policy, including:
- Support for Medical Aid in Dying
- Addressing the Historical Injustices of Anatomical Specimen Use
- Guiding Principles for the Healthcare of Migrants
- Asking NYS to Expand Medicaid 1332 Waiver to Immigrants
- Title Misappropriation by Healthcare Professions in Clinical Settings
- International Medical Graduates as a Solution to Physician Shortage
- Payment for Pre-Certified/Pre-Authorized Procedures
- AMA Task Force to Design an Alternative to the Merit-Based Incentive
- Payment System (MIPS)
- Enhancing Transparency of Cost of Drug to Pharmacy and Price Comparison Accessibility
- Healthcare Cyber Security Breaches V1.1
- United Insurance Company Abuse of Physicians
- Medicaid Fee parity with Medicare for all E&M services
- Full transparency – Explanation of Benefits
- Islamophobia in medicine
- Opposing Violence, Terrorism, Discrimination, and Hate Speech
- Antisemitism in Medicine
- Rise in Antisemitism and Islamophobia Anti-Middle Eastern Sentiment
See links below for detailed information.
Governmental Affairs A
Title Misappropriation by Healthcare Professionals in Clinical Settings
International Medical Graduates as a Solution to Physician Shortage
Payment for Pre-Certified/Pre-Authorized Procedures
Asking NYS to Expand Medicaid 1332 Waiver to Immigrants
AMA Task Force to Design an Alternative to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS)
Final Action Report
Governmental Affairs B
Enhancing Transparency of Cost of Drug to Pharmacy and Price Comparison Accessibility
Healthcare Cyber Security Breaches V1.1
Final Action Report
Public Health
Support for the Medical Aid in Dying Legislation
Addressing the Historical Injustices of Anatomical Specimen Use
Guiding Principles for the Healthcare of Migrants
Final Action Report
Socio Medical Economics
United Insurance Company Abuse of Physicians
Medicaid Fee parity with Medicare for all E&M services
Full transparency – Explanation of Benefits
Final Action Report
Report to the Officers
Islamophobia in Medicine
Opposing Violence, Terrorism, Discrimination, and Hate Speech
Antisemitism in Medicine
Rise in Antisemitism and Islamophobia Anti-Middle Eastern Sentiment
The MSSNY House of Delegates (HOD) passed a series of resolutions that recognize the harm to MSSNY members, colleagues, and patients resulting from antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Middle Eastern discrimination that have arisen around the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The HOD also called for proper emotional support for New York physicians who have been affected by ongoing traumatic conflicts.
MSSNY further condemned all acts of violence, terrorism, discrimination and hate speech against any group or individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, cultural affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other factor. And MSSNY affirmed its commitment to promoting dialogue, empathy, and mutual respect among diverse communities, recognizing the importance of fostering understanding and reconciliation.
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