262.999 Task Force on Quality Medical Care:
262.999 Task Force on Quality Medical Care: SUNSET HOD 2014
262.998 AMA Specialty-Specific Quality Analyzing Committees:
262.998 AMA Specialty-Specific Quality Analyzing Committees: MSSNY supports and endorses the work of the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement which has developed evidence-based performance measures. (HOD 2005-171; Reaffirmed HOD 2015; Reaffirmed HOD 2025)
262.997 Tracking Improvement of Medical Error Evidence:
262.997 Tracking Improvement of Medical Error Evidence: MSSNY supports efforts by the American Medical Association to enact comprehensive patient safety legislation which: 1) Creates a confidential, voluntary reporting system in which physicians, hospitals and other health care providers can report information regarding errors or “near misses” to patient safety organizations (PSOs); 2) Allows PSOs to
262.996 Maximum Medical Improvement:
262.996 Maximum Medical Improvement: MSSNY will work with insurers to develop clinical guidelines and best practices for maintaining therapies for chronic conditions using an evidence-based model. (HOD 2005-263; Reaffirmed HOD 2015; Reaffirmed HOD 2025)
262.995 MSSNY Task Force on Quality Medicare Care:
262.995 MSSNY Task Force on Quality Medicare Care: SUNSET HOD 2025
262.994 Physicians’ Control of Quality Monitoring:
262.994 Physicians’ Control of Quality Monitoring: MSSNY will support and actively promote quality evaluation programs under the aegis of appropriate medical organizations including specialty societies, and insist that these programs be substituted for those controlled by the managed care industry so that the best interests of physicians and patients are protected. Also, these existing evaluation
262.993 AMA Guidelines for Reporting Physician Data
262.993 AMA Guidelines for Reporting Physician Data MSSNY supports the use of the AMA’s Guidelines for Reporting Physician Data to create data reports that physicians can easily understand and use to enhance data-driven decision making. (Council 5/24/2012: Reaffirmed HOD 2022) The Guidelines are available upon request from the Administrative Headquarters office of MSSNY.
262.992 Preserving the Anesthesia Care Team Model
262.992 Preserving the Anesthesia Care Team Model The Medical Society of the State of New York will develop a policy in support of physician supervision of nurse anesthetists and will seek adoption of legislation stipulating that, regardless of location or type of health insurance coverage, a patient undergoing any medical treatment requiring anesthesia in a
262.991 Patient Centered Medical Home Administrative Burdens
262.991 Patient Centered Medical Home Administrative Burdens The Medical Society of the State of New York will work with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and other regulatory bodies to streamline and eliminate unproven metric collection that takes time away from patient contact and quality care. The Medical Society of the State of New
262.990 Patient Centered Medical Home Metrics and Funding
262.990 Patient Centered Medical Home Metrics and Funding MSSNY will work with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to implement stricter criteria for approval of those metrics and practices that organizations select to ensure that they are evidence-based. MSSNY will work with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to provide adequate funding and
