(See also Health Care Delivery Systems, 110.000; Health System Reform, 130.000; Health Information Technology, 117.000; Licensure, 160.000; Medicare, 195.000; Reimbursement, 265.000; Rights and Responsibilities of Physicians, 270.000; Utilization Review, 310.000; Workers’ Compensation, 325.000)

 

165.838                       Prior Authorizations by Denials Companies

The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) will continue to take all necessary steps, including media strategies, to aggressively advocate to state/federal oversight agencies and the State Legislature for relief of abusive health insurer practices that inappropriately delay needed patient care and delay fair payment for delivering this care. (Late Resolution B – HOD 2022; substitute resolution recommended and adopted by Council 1/26/23; reaffirms policies 120.925, 120.944, 165.968, 265.902 and 265.964)