325.969 Amendment of the Workers’ Compensation HP-1 Requests for Administrative Award Process: MSSNY will seek an amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Law stating that for every day on which a carrier ignores or refuses to acknowledge a properly tendered HP-1 Request for Administrative Award, that carrier must pay punitive damages to the Board and to the
325.968 Workers’ Compensation Panels: MSSNY continue to work with the Workers’ Compensation Board to encourage the enlistment of physicians to serve on arbitration panels. (HOD 2004-258; Reaffirmed HOD 2014; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)
325.967 Increase to Workers’ Compensation Fee Schedule: In recognizing Workers’ Compensation regional conversion factors have not been increased for at least 10 years, that the Medical Society of the State of New York will aggressively pursue the Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Board to grant an increase of the conversion factors to compensate for the
325.966 Workers’ Compensation Coding Manual: SUNSET HOD 2015
325.965 Arbitration Fees: MSSNY will seek a change in legislation or regulation requiring the carrier to pay for the cost of each arbitration in cases where the arbitration committee increases the reimbursement fees paid to the physician. (HOD 2008-260; Reaffirmed HOD 2018)
325.964 Workers’ Compensation Claims Reviews by Qualified Physicians: MSSNY to seek regulation and/or legislation requiring that claims review for Workers’ Compensation claims be performed only by physicians licensed in the State of New York and engaged in the active practice of medicine in a similar scope of practice in the State of New York. (HOD
325.963 Elimination of the Workers’ Compensation Fee Schedule: SUNSET HOD 2019
325.962 Definition of Insurance Network: SUNSET HOD 2019
325.961 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Guidelines: SUNSET HOD 2019
325.960 Timely Payment for Workers’ Compensation Depositions MSSNY will seek legislation to ensure timely payment for any physician required to provide a deposition relative to a Workers’ Compensation (WC) case. This timely payment is to be made within thirty (30) days from the date the deposition is given, regardless of the outcome or the time
