180.992 Increase Fees for Medical Records Reproduction: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – District II Greater New York Hospital Association Healthcare Association of New York State Medical Society of the State of New York New York Chapter, American College of Physicians New York Chapter of the American College of
180.991 Privacy and Confidentiality: MSSNY will seek legislative/regulatory relief to prevent insurance companies and other managed care organizations from selling, trading, transmitting, or in any way communicating, individually identifiable health information to third parties. Such legislative/regulatory relief should include a provision that patients be permitted to opt to provide individually
180.990 FBI Raids: MSSNY will take all necessary steps to ensure that government investigators not be permitted to remove records of patients from a physician’s office without copies being made prior to removal. MSSNY’s position is that if patient records are seized and there is no provision made for copying
180.989 Realistic Time Frame to Comply with Requests for the Release of Medical Records: In an attempt to minimize any accusations for professional misconduct for failure to comply within a reasonable period of time, with requests for copies of medical records, MSSNY will aggressively pursue modification to Section 18 of the New York State Public
180.988 Charges for Copies of Medical Records: MSSNY will seek changes in state law to allow physicians to charge $2 per page for the first 15 pages and $1 per page thereafter, for photocopies of records requested for purposes unrelated to ongoing patient care and to allow other charges for mailing
180.987 Social Security Form Completion: MSSNY to seek legislation that increases the cost of completing this form to an inflation adjusted rate. (HOD 2008-259; Reaffirmed HOD 2018)
180.986 Methodology for Efficiency/Quality Indicator Data Collection and Analysis: MSSNY will seek legislation and/or regulation that (1) permits patient data to be excluded from calculations utilized to develop physician profiles where medical advice and patient noncompliance are clearly documented, and such noncompliance has an adverse effect on a physician’s “quality,” “efficiency” and/or other similar rating;
180.985 Insurance Company Requests for Medical Records: MSSNY will: Seek legislation/regulation which requires that when insurance carriers request copies of medical records: They allow at least 30 days for physicians to forward the records to the requestor; There be a clear identification as to the reason for requesting the medical records; Physicians be notified as
180.984 Privacy in Electronic Health Records: MSSNY endorses the recommendations of the Tiger Team of the National Health Information Policy Committee and supports their implementation by the State Department of Health, the New York eHealth Collaborative and all health information exchanges operating in the State of New York. (HOD 2011-100; Reaffirmed HOD 2021)
180.983: Clear, Informed Consent Regarding Release of Medical Records MSSNY will seek legislation, regulation or other appropriate means to assure that insurance companies obtain informed consent from patients that contains clear, concise and easy to understand wording; provides a detailed explanation of exactly how the information will be used; and
