117.997 Medical Smart Cards: MSSNY will: educate its members through News of New York, the MSSNY website and other appropriate means of communication, regarding the benefits, technology and availability of medical smart cards, and keep members informed of developments and opportunities in this emerging technology. communicate with health care organizations and health insurance plans throughout New York
117.996 EHR Interfaces: MSSNY will encourage the State of New York to (1) require electronic medical records sold in the state of New York to include, at no extra charge, interfaces that communicate with state-wide databases and local Region Health Information Organizations (RHIOs); and (2) set clear standards for electronic interfaces. (HOD 2009-90; Reaffirmed HOD 2019)
120.996 Standardized Insurance Claim Forms: SUNSET HOD 2014
120.995 Parity of Coverage for Mental Illness, Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in Medical Benefits Programs endorsed by MSSNY: SUNSET HOD 2014
120.994 Insurers To Cover Hepatitis B Immunization: SUNSET HOD 2014 (Reaffirmed HOD 2024)
120.993 Smoking Cessation Reimbursement: SUNSET HOD 2014
120.992 Insurance Companies To Cover Screening Mammography: MSSNY will seek requiring all health insurance products to cover mammography whenever the patient’s physician deems it medically appropriate. (HOD 1997-255; Modified and reaffirmed HOD 2014)
120.991 Certain Types Of Well Examinations To Be Covered By All Insurers: SUNSET HOD 2014
120.990 Physician Notification of Insurance Payments Made Directly to Patients: MSSNY will seek legal or regulatory action to require that insurance carriers be mandated to notify physicians of the amount and date of insurance claim payments made directly to their subscribers, regardless of the physician’s participation status in the plan.
120.989 Routine and Refractive Eye Examination: It is MSSNY’s position that third-party payors make it abundantly clear to patients that eyeglass riders, routine eye examinations, vision care services, vision benefits, vision aid benefits, vision care benefits, eyeglass benefits and any such benefits, as desirable as they may be, do not
