2025 Legislative Wins and Warnings: What New York Physicians Must Know Now Click to Enlarge New York physicians secured critical victories in the 2025 state legislative session, with the final $254 billion budget excluding several deeply concerning proposals, including cost shifts in Excess Medical Malpractice
Physicians Across the Country Continue to Push Back Against Proposed Drastic Cuts to Medicaid and Failure to Address Medicare Click to Enlarge Following last week’s statement from MSSNY President Dr. David Jakubowicz, MD, telling Congress to Go Back to the Drawing Board to Ensure Patients Get
Urge Governor to Veto Latest Wrongful Death Bill and Preserve Patient Access to Healthcare Click to Enlarge Despite the fact that Governor Hochul has vetoed legislation three times that would greatly expand damages awardable in wrongful death actions and dramatically increase our already high liability insurance premiums, near-identical legislation (S4423/A6063) has once again passed the Senate and
Urge Governor to Veto Legislation to Expand Surgical Scope of Podiatrists Click to Enlarge Physicians are urged to contact Governor Hochul to request that she veto S.6693-B/A.4613-B, legislation which passed at the very end of the Session that threatens patient safety by significantly expanding the
Capital Update June 13, 2025 Click to Enlarge Governor Hochul Again Called on to Veto Disastrous Liability Expansion Bill After Passage Again by New York State Legislature Statement by MSSNY President Dr. David Jakubowicz, MD, Calling on Governor Hochul to Again Veto Wrongful Death Expansion
Capital Update: June 6, 2025 Click to Enlarge House of Representatives’ Reconciliation Package on Medicaid & Medicare Now Under Consideration in the SenateDisastrous Liability Expansion Bill Advancing Yet Again in New York State LegislaturePrior Authorization Reform Legislation on Floor of Assembly and Senate – Please Continue Efforts
Capital Update May 30, 2025 Click to Enlarge Prior Authorization Reform Legislation Advances in Both Houses – Please Continue Efforts to Urge PassageSenate Again Passes Disastrous Liability Expansion Bill - Please Urge Your Assembly Members to OpposePhysician Due Process Bill AdvancesHouse of Representatives’ Reconciliation Package on Medicaid
Capital Update May 16, 2025 Click to Enlarge State Budget-Approved Medicaid Reimbursement Increase Will Be Allocated for E&M Services MSSNY Continue to Fight for Due Process Protection of Physicians from Arbitrary Non-Renewals by Insurers
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 liability insurance premiums, near-identical legislation (S4423/A6063)
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 introduced using the reconciliation process,
