Capital Update May 9, 2025 Click to Enlarge State Budget Passes with Numerous Problematic Items Removed from the Final Version Please Help Us Advocate for Prior Authorization Reforms by Completing our Survey. MSSNY Continues Advocacy Efforts to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for Millions of New Yorkers MSSNY
MSSNY Fights for Legislation to Provide Physicians Due Process when a Health Insurer Does Not Renew Their Contract Click to Enlarge This week the New York State Senate passed legislation supported by MSSNY (S.1911-A, Rivera), which would amend the Public Health Law to provide physicians with due
Capital Update May 2, 2025 Click to Enlarge State Budget Negotiations Continue Despite Agreement on Some Key Issues MSSNY Continues Advocacy Efforts to Preserve Medicaid Coverage for Millions of New Yorkers MSSNY Continues Push to Reverse Medicare Cuts to Physicians
Please Help us Advocate for Prior Authorization Reforms by Completing our Survey. Click to Enlarge MSSNY is advocating for multiple pieces of legislation (such as A.2352, McDonald/S.7470, Hoylman and A.3789, Weprin/S.7297, Hoylman) to reduce excessive prior authorization hassles imposed by health insurers on physicians seeking to
Physicians Urged to Take Action to Help Preserve Affordable Student Loan Repayment Options and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Click to Enlarge On April 3, the U.S Department of Education announced it was initiating the federal rulemaking process to propose major changes to regulations governing various federal student
Health Dept Regulation Would Expand Opportunities for IMGs in Public Hospitals Click to Enlarge A regulation Limited Permit Allowances.pdf proposed this week by the New York State Department of Health would permit International Medical Graduate physicians (IMGs) with NYSED-granted limited permits the opportunity to practice in
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
