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.
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
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.
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
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
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
DEA Announces Move to Reclassify Marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III Colleagues: On April 30, the DEA announced a move to reclassify Marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, alongside Ketamine and some anabolic steroids. This would recognize the use of medical marijuana and make it easier to conduct research, but marijuana would not
State Budget Takes Steps to Protect Patient Access to Community-Based Physician Care Colleagues: “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” ---- Benjamin Franklin, 1776 This past week, we saw the wisdom of Ben Franklin’s message. MSSNY, working together with numerous allies, has accomplished a plethora of important
Let's Seize this Opportunity to Connect, Grow, and Lead in Advancing our Profession Colleagues: I'm Dr. Jerome Cohen, the proud new President of the Medical Society of the State of New York. It's my privilege to reach out to you through our weekly newsletter, 'The Pulse.' Whether you are actively engaged with us, or we
Here’s to Another Year of Prosperity and Opportunity for MSSNY Colleagues: As I prepare to complete my tenure as MSSNY President at next week’s annual House of Delegates meeting, I am left feeling grateful and proud of all the Society has accomplished this past year. I look forward to remaining active as my colleague and
