150.967 Taskforce on Hospital Mergers
The Medical Society of the State of New York will solicit relevant agencies to routinely engage MSSNY as a significant stakeholder in the evaluation of hospital mergers or closures regarding characteristics including, but not limited to:
- Maintenance of patient choice and market competition
- Cultural sensitivity and minority and community representation among key personnel
- Compliance with MSSNY Position Statement 235.996
- Provision of charity care consistent with the designation as a non-profit
- Assurance of adequate access to primary and subspecialty care
- Ability to achieve and maintain high scores on measures of patient satisfaction, patient safety and quality metrics
- Preservation of the continuity of the physician-patient relationship
- Effect on graduate and undergraduate medical education. (HOD 2014-201)
