Grieving Families Act, Part 3 Colleagues: New York is known for Broadway plays, and the political actors in Albany are back at it. Despite two previous vetoes from Governor Hochul, the New York state Legislature has yet again passed another version of the Grieving Families Act (A.9232-B), which would dramatically expand damage awards in wrongful
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Join Us for MSSNY’s Lobby Day on March 11th, 2025 Please plan to put aside Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, for MSSNY’s annual Physician Advocacy Day. To register, click here: Physician Advocacy Registration MSSNY’s lobby day will be held in person! It will take place at the Empire State Plaza (The Egg) in Albany from 7:45-11:00am.
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MSSNY Weighs in on Change Healthcare Data Breach in Wall Street Journal Colleagues: While I am away from my desk this week to attend the Annual AMA Meeting, I want you to know that your MSSNY Media Team remains hard at work back home. I am especially proud to announce that through their efforts I
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Corporate Camouflage and Consolidation Colleagues: What do Lifetime Health, Elevance Health, and Highmark have in common? They are all rebranded BlueCross BlueShield firms, and they are consolidating this year. BCBS is smart to rebrand and hide behind their new corporate “parents,” because doing so makes it harder to recognize the severity of this market concentration.
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All Politics is Local Colleagues: During my first month as your MSSNY President, I have interviewed with the NY Times, NPR Radio, and Crain’s Business Review. But it is the interview I did last week with Medscape that inspired this week’s Pulse message. Question: How can local physicians make their political voices heard? Most of
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Change Healthcare by Changing Change Healthcare Colleagues: New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has made the switch from Change Healthcare to Experian because of the cyberattack on the claims processing vendor. Change turned many of its IT systems offline following the Feb. 21 hack, and that left many hospitals and physician practices unable to
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Cannabis and Non-Compete Clauses Colleagues: What does the cannabis schedule change have in common with regulation of non-compete clauses? Both are examples of how the federal government issues regulations. A regulatory agency publishes a proposed rule in the Federal Register. A 120-day public comment period follows. The agency then publishes its final rule. The FTC
