Tag: MSSNY eNews August 7 2021

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Voice Your Opinion at Reference Committee Hearings This Weekend

Colleagues:

MSSNY’s Reference Committee hearings to discuss House of Delegates (HOD) resolutions will be held virtually this weekend in advance of the HOD meeting in September. And because these meetings are being held virtually this year, MSSNY members have a unique opportunity to join the debate—without ever leaving home.

This is your chance to voice your opinion on the Resolutions that will be deliberated further at the HOD—and to have an impact on issues that are important to you.

The schedule for the House Committee on Bylaws and the Reference Committees is below. MSSNY’s Speaker Dr. William Latreille and Vice Speaker Dr. Maria Basile request that everyone who wishes to participate in the reference committee hearings pre-register. This applies to those who plan to listen and those who intend to provide testimony.  Each link below brings you to a registration page to each committee hearing.

I encourage all MSSNY members to sign up and engage in robust debate with your physician colleagues from all around New York State.

Friday, August 6 

House Committee on Bylaws – 5 PM

Governmental Affairs A – 6 PM

Saturday, August 7 

Socio-Medical Economics – 9 AM

Public Health & Education – 1 PM

Sunday, August 8

Reports of Officers & Admin Matters – 9 AM

Governmental Affairs B – 1 PM

Our Speaker and Vice Speaker ask everyone to remain professional and succinct in their testimony.  The opportunity to comment will be limited to 2 minutes and no one will be permitted to speak twice on the same item of business until everyone in the queue has spoken.

Each resolution is hosted on dropbox.com so that comments can be posted. We encourage you to do so since it allows the reference committee members to refer to those comments when it is time to draft their reports.  Click here for the complete list of MSSNY HOD Resolutions.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Reference Committee hearings this weekend!

Joseph Sellers, MD, FAAP, FACP
MSSNY President.

2021 MSSNY House of Delegates – Resolutions and Reports
The links below will direct you to dropbox.com where the 2021 MSSNY HOD Resolutions are hosted. While a Dropbox account is not required to view the resolutions, a Dropbox account is required to post any comments on the individual resolutions. A Dropbox account is free to sign up or you can also sign in with your existing Google or Apple account. Using the Dropbox desktop app and/or mobile app is also encouraged.

House Committee on Bylaws

House Committee on Bylaws Report – 2021 HOD
2021-1 Create MSSNY IMG – Ethnic Medical Associations Section

Government Affairs – A

50  Physician-driven Medical Assistant Specialty Training in the Office Setting
51  Uniform Standard of Care in Liability Cases
52  Hospital Closures in Vulnerable Neighborhoods in NYS
53  Patient Protection from  Insurance Company Contract Disputes
54  Site of Service Availability
55  Enforcement of Administrative Simplification Requirements
56  We’re Mad as Hell and We’re Not Going to Take it Any More
57  Prioritizing People First – Upholding our Oath & Code of Conduct by Endorsing the Improved and Enhanced Medicare for All Act
58  Prioritizing People First -Upholding our Oath & Code of Conduct by Endorsing the NY Health Act

Governmental Affairs Sunset Report

Government Affairs – B

100  Telehealth
101  Fifteen Month Lab Standing Orders
102  Increasing the Physician Workforce in New York State
103  Optimizing the Online SNAP to Advance Health Equity
104  COVID-Related Mental Health Coverage
105  Reciprocal Telehealth Agreements
106  Medicare Advantage Plan Mandate

Public Health & Education

150  Electric Scooters
151  Requiring Physician Participation in the Planning and Development of Accredited Continuing Education for Physicians
152  Fifteen Month Prescribing
153  Require Methadone Dispensers to report to I STOP – PMP
154  Nursing Home Medical Directors Registry
155  Physician Burnout
156  Eliminating Health Disparities in New York City
157  Support Physicians Providing Gender Affirming Care for Youth

Public Health and Education Sunset Report 

Reports of Officers-Admin Matters

200  September 11 as a National Holiday
201  UN International Radionuclide Therapy Day Recognition
202  IMG Membership
203  Physician-Scientist Committee
204  Promotional Period for Membership (“18 months for 12 months”)
205  MSSNY Membership Dues Multiyear Discount Program and Other Innovative Membership Levels

Report of Officers and Administrative Matters Sunset Report

Socio-Medical Economics

250  Insurance Coverage for Cooling – Cold Cap – Therapy
251  Prohibition of Insurer Processing Fee on Claims
252  Third-Party Insurer Abuse of Modifier 25 Policy
253  Compensation for Appealing Denials to Insurance Companies
254  CPT Denials- Service- Preauthorization Denials
255   Prior Authorization – CPT Codes for Fair Compensation
256  Improving Workman Compensation MTG Compliance by Insurers

Socio-Medical Economics Sunset Report 

Click here for a combined PDF of All Resolutions

New Survey Reveals 55% of Physicians Know a Physician Who Considered, Attempted, or Died by Suicide
The Physicians Foundation yesterday released the results of a national survey, which finds that more than half (55%) of physicians know a physician who has considered, attempted or died by suicide in their career. The 2021 Survey of America’s Physicians, COVID-19 Impact Edition: A Year Later examines how COVID-19 has affected the nation’s physicians more than a year since the start of the pandemic, from increased burnout rates to the continued epidemic of physician suicide.

Over the past year, COVID-19 has greatly impacted physician wellbeing and mental health, with over 6 in 10 physicians (61%) reporting they experienced feelings of burnout. This is a significant increase from the 40% of reported physicians in 2018. Yet only 14% of physicians reported they sought medical attention for their mental health symptoms. If left untreated, burnout can cause more cases of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use and lead to suicidal thoughts for physicians, directly impacting physician suicide rates.

Physician suicide has been a public health crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic. While suicide is the ultimate consequence of rampant, unchecked burnout, there are many mental health challenges that physicians experience. For example, 46% of physicians noted they withdrew or isolated themselves from others, while 34% cited feelings of hopelessness or having no purpose as a result of COVID-19’s effects on their practice or employment situation.

Additionally, 8% of physicians indicated they have increased their use of medications, alcohol or illicit drugs weekly as a result of COVID-19’s effects on their practice or employment situation, showing a significant 10% decrease in reported increased usage as compared to last year.

Read the full survey results here. Next week’s MSSNY Enews will highlight additional information from the survey, including the key role of support systems.

As HOD Reference Committee Testimonies Begin Today, Now Is The Time To Support MSSNYPAC
The core values of MSSNYPAC support are goodwill and diplomacy.  The policies being considered and debated today and throughout the weekend form the framework for the legislative agenda that MSSNY will adopt and pursue in the coming year.

MSSNYPAC represents the confluence of the healthcare policy formation process, the voices of politically active physicians and their allies in New York State, and the political reality that policy-makers are elected officials.  Your support of MSSNYPAC allows physicians increased access to policy-makers and provides opportunities to interact more personally, build friendly rapport, and find common ground. Join, renew or increase your support today at www.mssnypac.org/contribute.  Contributors during this weekend-long event will receive a thank-you gift pack by mail.

ATTENTION: Your donation could win you 2 tickets to see DAVE MATTHEWS BAND in Saratoga this September! Visit www.mssnypac.org/events to learn more about this special opportunity.

 Why I Am a MSSNY Member: Paul Orloff, MD

MSSNY Member Dr. Nassim Discusses his Experiences as a Physician with the US Olympic Team in Tokyo: Take a Listen!
This week, Dr. Nassim took a short break from his duties as a physician with the US Olympic team in Tokyo to speak with MSSNY about everything from what a typical day in the Olympic Village is like for him to the biggest medical challenge he has faced in Tokyo, and from public health lessons learned to his favorite Olympic sport! Take a listen to MSSNY Podcasts: A Conversation with Dr. Ariel Nassim at the Tokyo Olympics.

States Ranked by Percentage of Population Who Have Received at Least One COVID-19 Shot
Vermont has the highest percentage of its population who’ve received at least one COVID-19 vaccination, according to the CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker.

The CDC’s data tracker compiles data from healthcare facilities and public health authorities. It updates daily to report the total number of people in each state who have received at least one COVID-19 shot. The numbers reported by the CDC may vary from the numbers published on individual state public health websites, as there may be reporting lags between the states and the CDC.

As of 6 a.m. EDT June 8, a total of 171,731,584 Americans had received at least one shot, or 51.7 percent of the country’s population, according to the CDC’s data.

2. Massachusetts
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,679,528
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 67.89
3. Hawaii
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 958,412
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 67.69
4. Maine
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 866,222
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 64.44
5. Connecticut
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,296,853
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 64.42
6. Rhode Island
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 658,185
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 62.13
7. New Jersey
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 5,485,974
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 61.76
8. New Hampshire
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 826,476
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 60.78
9. Pennsylvania
   Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 7,660,201
   Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 59.84
10. New Mexico
    Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,229,899
    Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.66
11. Maryland
    Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,540,416
    Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.56
12. California
    Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 22,990,099
    Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.18
13. Washington
    Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,425,789
    Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.12
14. District of Columbia
    Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 409,540
    Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.03
15. New York State
    Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 11,093,949
    Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 57.03

Read the entire list here.

–Anderson, Becker’s Hospital Review

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