President’s Corner

All Politics is Local

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

By |2024-05-31T13:53:10+00:00May 30th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments

Change Healthcare by Changing Change Healthcare

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

By |2024-05-16T21:43:52+00:00May 16th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments

Cannabis and Non-Compete Clauses

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

By |2024-05-10T16:49:12+00:00May 9th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments

State Budget Takes Steps to Protect Patient Access to Community-Based Physician Care

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

By |2024-04-25T21:56:05+00:00April 25th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments

Celebrating and Supporting Our Physicians on National Doctors’ Day

Celebrating and Supporting Our Physicians on National Doctors’ Day Colleagues: Tomorrow is National Doctors' Day, and we find ourselves at a critical juncture, not only to celebrate the dedication and sacrifices of our physicians, but also to spotlight the vital support systems that uphold them. At the forefront is the Committee for Physician Health (CPH),

By |2024-03-28T20:05:04+00:00March 28th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments

Physicians Advocate for Their Patients and Profession

Physicians Advocate for Their Patients and Profession Colleagues: We had a great Physician Advocacy Day in Albany on Tuesday. I was so pleased to welcome 150 physicians and physician advocates to our program—which marked the first time we have had the opportunity to meet in person since the pandemic. It was wonderful to see so

By |2024-03-15T20:02:49+00:00March 15th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments

MSSNY’s New Radio Ad Campaign: Our Patients Need and Deserve Physician-Led Healthcare

MSSNY’s New Radio Ad Campaign: Our Patients Need and Deserve Physician-Led Healthcare Colleagues: We need policymakers to make New York a more welcoming environment for our physician colleagues and other care providers to deliver patient care. As you are likely aware, there are several concerning proposals in this year’s Executive Budget that present challenges for

By |2024-03-08T17:16:02+00:00March 8th, 2024|Pulse|0 Comments
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