110.000 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS

110.991           Web-based Tele-Health Initiatives and Possible Interference with the Traditional Physician-Patient Relationship The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) urges the NYS Department of Financial Services and Department of Health, to review tele-health initiatives being implemented by major health insurance carriers (i.e., United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield) and others to assure

110.990         PCORI Should Focus on Clinical Outcomes Not Cost The Medical Society of the State of New York supports efforts by the American Medical Association to have the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) focus its priorities on achieving better clinical health outcomes. (HOD 2012-65; Reaffirmed HOD 2022)

110.989         Long Term Care-Scope of Problem: SUNSET HOD 2024

110.988        Too Big to Fail The Medical Society of the State of New York will work with the New York State Department of Financial Services and New York State Department of Health to assure large health care systems across New York State are adequately capitalized to withstand economic adversity when those systems take

110.987          Collaborating with Federal and State Agencies to Ensure the Provision of Long Term Care Services Through its Long Term Care Subcommittee of the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, MSSNY will work with all relevant federal and state agencies to ensure that long term care services, including home care services, physician

110.986           Monopolization of Healthcare by Vertically Integrated Health Systems The Medical Society of the State of New York will seek legislation and regulation that vertically integrated hospital systems must prove to the Department of Health a need to employ an individual physician in the market place and obtain a Certificate of

110.985          Employed Physicians MSSNY will examine governance structures of hospitals, physician group practices, federally qualified health centers, clinics, urgent care practices and other health care delivery facilities and physician employment contracts to determine the most effective way to provide a grievance mechanism to resolve disputes between physicians and their employers. (HOD 2016-102)

110.984          New Review of For-Profit-Health Insurance by Institute of Medicine MSSNY will ask the Institute of Medicine to report again on the for-profit enterprise in health care. (HOD 2016-109)

110.983           Covid 19 Emergency and Expanded Telemedicine Regulations The Medical Society of the State of New York will continue to advocate for a continuation of coverage for the full-spectrum of technologies that were made available during the Covid-19 pandemic and that physicians be reimbursed by all government and private payers for time and complexity.  MSSNY

110.982           Lowering Health Care Costs MSSNY will continue to work together with the AMA to advocate for measures that help reduce healthcare costs including but not limited to the following areas: (a) ensuring a health care delivery environment where physicians can have a meaningful choice of whether to be in private practice or health system-employed;