165.968           Liability of Managed Care Entities As Well As Their Employees, Agents, Ostensible Agents And Representatives

165.968           Liability of Managed Care Entities As Well As Their Employees, Agents, Ostensible Agents And Representatives:

MSSNY will develop or support legislation or regulation requiring that whenever an employee, agent, ostensible agent and/or representative of a managed care entity makes a determination that affects a patient’s health, both the individual and the entity should be held liable for any adverse outcome to the patient arising directly from the determination or as a consequence of the determination. (HOD 1997-114; Reaffirmed HOD 1998-84; Reaffirmed HOD 2014; Reaffirmed HOD 2015-57; Reaffirmed HOD 2020-56; Reaffirmed HOD 2022-61; Reaffirmed HOD 2023-106; Reaffirmed in lieu of resolution 57 – 2024 HOD)