Swan Song Click to Enlarge Colleagues: This is my 40th and last Pulse Message as your President. One of the joys of the office has been the opportunity to do media interviews. My first week in office saw interview requests from the NY Times and
IDR is Effective in Ensuring Fair Payment. Health Plans Want to Kill It. Click to Enlarge Colleagues: How would you feel if you were called to the ER, did emergency work, but were only paid pennies on the dollar? This past June, a breast cancer
The Perfect Yarmulke for Eating Chocolate Mousse Cake Click to Enlarge Colleagues: One of my pleasures of being your President has been the wonderful support of all the MSSNY staff who have made me look good. My many media interviews that Julie Vecchione arranged for
Having a Great Time. Wish You Were Here. Click to Enlarge Colleagues: Back when Vacation Postcards were in vogue, a frequent practice was to send a cardboard picture of a local landmark, and on the back would be a message about having a nice time.
I am Not a Pizza Click to Enlarge Colleagues: While in Clinic last week, I was confronted with an angry patient. The Clinic had booked me with return patients who needed more than the 20-minute time slots allotted for their care, and the Clinic had instituted a
Cultural Differences at the Annual House of Delegates Click to Enlarge Colleagues:Even though we are all in NY State, the cultures of Upstate and Downstate are different in surprising ways. When my wife and I bought our first house in Binghamton, my brother-in-law drove up from
What’s Happening with the DOJ and UnitedHealth? Click to Enlarge Colleagues: In response to previous President Pulse messages, MSSNY has received an amazing outpouring of UnitedHealth complaints, all of which we have forwarded to the appropriate authorities. Many doctors have contacted us to ask what is happening
Punching Above Our Weight Click to Enlarge Colleagues: This has been a big week for our lobbying efforts. Kudos to all who came to DC for the AMA National Advocacy Conference or visited Albany the same days for the Budget Hearings. I would like to
A New Low for UnitedHealth Click to Enlarge Colleagues: One of the benefits of joining the Medical Society is that an organized group of your colleagues can advocate on your behalf when you would otherwise be in danger of retaliation for raising your voice. In
A Call for DOJ Volunteers Click to Enlarge Colleagues:Your MSSNY has been getting the media message out that UnitedHealth and Optum have been gaming the system against physicians and our patients. Consequently, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached out to your MSSNY leadership to ask
