MSSNY Urges NY State Legislature to Reject Problematic Proposals Advanced by the Medicaid Redesign Team


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MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
865 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590-9007
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Communications Division
Telephone: (516) 488-6100

 

For Immediate Release
March 30, 2020

MSSNY Urges NY State Legislature to Reject Problematic Proposals Advanced by the Medicaid Redesign Team

Statement attributable to:
Art Fougner, MD
President, Medical Society of the State of New York

“As the Legislature and Governor work to finalize a State Budget in the next 2 days amid the extraordinary crisis we are facing in our health care system right now due to the coronavirus outbreak, we strongly urge the State Legislature to reject problematic proposals that had been advanced by the Medicaid Redesign Team.

“These problematic proposals include imposing enormous new costs on the nearly 17,000 physicians participating in the Excess Medical Malpractice Insurance Program, and changes to scope of practice for numerous health care practitioners including nurse anesthetists, pharmacists and nurse practitioners.  The Excess program provides a critical additional layer of malpractice insurance for New York physicians who already incur the highest liability costs in the country.

“While we realize that the COVID-19 pandemic requires an ‘all hands on deck approach’, we would also urge that the temporary changes to the scopes of practices of numerous health care practitioners revert to the previous status as soon as possible. It is imperative to maintain stability as well as patient safety in our health care system as we manage this current crisis and its aftermath.”

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About the Medical Society of the State of New York
Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all.

MSSNY Contact:
Roseann Raia
Communications / Marketing
Medical Society of the State of New York
865 Merrick Ave.
Westbury, New York
516-488-6100 ext 302
rraia@mssny.org

 

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