MSSNY Delegate Jennifer M. Cushman, MD Joins New York Spine & Pain Specialists’ Click to Enlarge Congratulations to MSSNY Delegate Dr. Jennifer M. Cushman on joining New York Spine & Pain Specialists’ Interventional Pain and Spine team. The news was reported in Business News This Week.
MSSNY President Urges Hochul to Veto Liability Proposal Click to Enlarge Medical Society of the State of New York President Dr. Jerome Cohen urges Gov. Kathy Hochul to again veto the latest proposal that would expand liability insurance costs for health care providers. "While well-intended, the bill, as
MSSNY Joins in Urging Action to Stop Physician Pay Cut Click to Enlarge In a letter to congressional leaders, the Medical Society of the State of New York joined the American Medical Association, 49 other state medical associations and nearly 70 national specialty medical associations urging
MSSNY Member Shares Reasons for Ongoing Contract Disputes Click to Enlarge Dr. Digant Nanavati, a Medical Society of the State of New York member and president of Onondaga County Medical Society, attributes ongoing contract disputes between physician practices and insurance companies to rising practice operation costs,
TIME Magazine: MSSNY President Explains Heat-Related Conditions Click to Enlarge With sweltering temperatures blanketing the country this summer, Medical Society of the State of New York President Dr. Jerome Cohen offers expert advice on identifying and treating heat stroke and heat exhaustion. "The difference between heat
Support End-of-Life Choice, Advocate Says Click to Enlarge In this opinion piece, Corinne Carey, Compassion & Choices' senior campaign director for New York and New Jersey, urges voters to support New York legislators who favor the state's Medical Aid in Dying Act, which again failed to pass
MSSNY Addresses State's Approach to Prescribing Opioids Click to Enlarge The Medical Society of the State of New York has expressed concerns about difficulties some chronic pain management patients have obtaining opioids, reacting to a New York Department of Health Report that found a 42% decrease
MSSNY: CDPHP's Potential Absorption "Concerning" Click to Enlarge The potential affiliation of Albany-based CDPHP by The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, based in Rochester, is "on track to happen for business reasons," said Medical Society of the State of New York Executive Vice President Tom Lee, yet "[t]his kind
MSSNY President-Elect Explains Stance on PA Legislation Click to Enlarge The Medical Society of the State of New York does not support or oppose legislation passed this session that would allow one physician to supervise six physician assistants at one time “because it still allows for
Cosmetic Procedures Growing Among GenZers Click to Enlarge Members of Generation Z are increasingly undergoing minimally invasive cosmetic procedures such as neuromodulator injections and fillers, in addition to forehead lifts and breast augmentations, according to an American Society of Plastic Surgeons report. Dr. Scot Bradley Glasberg, a
