Medical Society of the State of New York Media Coverage Report October 22, 2016 – January 5, 2017

Social Media Stats

mssnytweet 28 day summary Followers 1,871 up 60 Tweets 98 Tweet impressions 22.4k up 23% Profile visits 553 up 2.4% Mentions: 73

MSSNY_YPS 28 day summary Followers………………… 233 up 13 Tweets…………………….. 98 Tweet impressions…… 5,558 up 18.1% Profile visits…………….. 36 up 51.4% Mentions………………… 8

Results of Facebook ad campaign for membership partnering with the New York County Medical Society on 10/20 – 11/1/16:

Link Clicks…………… 295 Reach ………………… 9,777 People ……………………………0.66% Result Rate Page Likes………….. increased 10% during 12 day campaign

Last 28 days 1159 Likes…………………….. up 100 Page Views 640 ……………..up 36% Reach 10,084…………………. up 191% Post Engagement 1076…….up 69%

Press Coverage

Times Herald Record – 01/04/16 Delays loom for state's medical marijuana plans (MSSNY Mentioned)

Times Herald Record – 01/05/16 Company to offer kosher medical pot (MSSNY Mentioned)

Buffalo Business First – 01/06/16 Providers, insurers slam state on Health Republic demise (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

AP -01/11/16 NY senators begin examining Health Republic failure (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Also ran in: The Daily Reporter (Greenfield, Indiana), The Post-Journal (Jamestown, NY), The Ithaca Journal, INO.com - 01/06/16 Lockport Union- Sun Journal, Insurance News Net 01/07/16 Rocket News – 01/11/16

Newsday – 01/06/16 Health Republic demise: Insurers in NY call for changes in setting premiums (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

The Reminder - 01/06/16 New procedure could help obese (MSSNY member Dr. Matthew R. Brackman, MD, FACS quoted)

Crain’s Health Pulse 01/07/16 Insurers and providers agree Health Republic's demise was 'predictable' (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

AP – 01/16/16 Slow start for NY's strict medical marijuana program (MSSNY member and President of NY County Medical Society Dr. Michael Goldstein, MD quoted)

Article also picked up in: Indiana Gazette TimesRepublican.com PostStar.com NBC New York Las Vegas Sun WBEN Cannabis Chronicles The Kingston Daily Freeman (AP) The Troy Record (AP) KTVN Channel 2 Seymour Tribune Toledo Blade (AP) The Christian Science Monitor WAVE 3 News Count On News 2 East Oregonian High Times The Cannibist CNS News The Gillette News Record

PR-Newswire – 01/21/16 Kern Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C. Retains Donald R. Moy as Of-Counsel (MSSNY mentioned) Also ran in: WVVA.com WAVE 3 News WFMJ TV-21 Wandtv.com

Insurance Journal – 01/16/16 New York Legislators Examine Health Republic’s Failure (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Newsday – 01/27/16 Right to die is tricky (MSSNY mentioned)

The Stamford Advocate - 02/01/16 Continuing Marijuana Education™ Declared The 1st To Offer Live Education Credits For Medical Marijuana (MSSNY Mentioned)

Syracuse.com – 02/02/16 Company news: HealtheConnections announces board of directors (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado mentioned) Syracuse.com – 02/02/16 NY must protect consumers, docs when health insurers fail, Valesky says (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

The Daily Caller – 02/09/16 Secrecy Shrouds Obamacare Co-Op Investigation (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Malone Telegram – February 16, 2016 Medical Society of NY holds annual meeting (Joseph R. Maldonado, Jr. MD, President of MSSNY, Philip Schuh, CPA, Executive Vice President of MSSNY mentioned) Rome Sentinel – February 16, 2016 Rome Memorial Hospital recruits physicians to provide quality care (MSSNY Physician Dr. Diana R. Wallace mentioned) Wall Street Journal – 02/22/16 New York Hospitals Strain to Meet Deadline on Electronic Prescriptions (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Fox 40 WICZ TV Broome County Project to Educate Doctors on Opioid Abuse (MSSNY mentioned)

Rochester First – 02/22/16 Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse offer new trainings to combat prescription opioid addiction (MSSNY mentioned) Seneca Daily News – 02/24/16 New Trainings To Combat Prescription Opioid Addiction Addiction (MSSNY mentioned) Syracuse Post-Standard -02/24/16 Company news: Richard Lockwood named VP and CMO at Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield (MSSNY member Richard Lockwood, MD mentioned)

FierceEMR – 02/25/16 New York providers face challenges in meeting e-prescribing law deadline (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Crain's Health Pulse – 02/25/16 Guaranty Fund Update (MSSNY mentioned) Newsday – 02/27/16 Electronic prescriptions to be mandatory in NY on March 27 (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Utica Observer Dispatch / Herkimer Times Telegram 02/28/16 Medical step therapy under scrutiny (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Associations Now - 03/01/16 Medical Societies Speak Out on Proposed Aid-in-Dying Bills (MSSNY mentioned)

Rome Sentinel – 03/02/16 Preparing for a healthy pregnancy topic at free Health Night (MSSNY member, Dr. Diana R. Wallace, MD, mentioned)

The Daily Star - 03/04/16 Guest Commentary_ Area must prepare for renewable future _ Columns (MSSNY mentioned)

The Post-Journal – (Jamestown, NY) – 03/06/16 State Ramps Up Efforts To Curb Opioid Abuse (MSSNY mentioned)

National Catholic Register – 03/07/16 ‘What About Aid in Living?’ New York Faces Assisted-Suicide Fight (MSSNY mentioned)

Rome Sentinel – 03/07/16 Excellus picks regional VP, medical officer (Dr. Marybeth McCall, Member of the Onondaga and Oneida County Medical Societies and the MSSNY mentioned) Lifezette – 03/08/16 Worth Their Salt or Take ‘Em with a Grain? (MSSNY mentioned)

The Daily Caller – 03/09/16 GOV’T GREED: Docs, Hospitals May Go Unpaid In Co-Op Flops (MSSNY mentioned)

Libertyunyielding.com – 03/09/16 Gov’t greed: Doctors and hospitals are getting stiffed when Obamacare co-ops fail (MSSNY Mentioned) The Daily Freeman-(AP) 03/13/16 NY Legislature mulling doctor-assisted suicide bills (MSSNY mentioned)

The Troy Record (AP) - 03/13/16 New York lawmakers eye assisted suicide law (MSSNY mentioned) The Oneida Daily Dispatch (AP) - 03/13/16 NY mulls legalizing doctor-assisted suicide (MSSNY mentioned)

The Saratogian (AP) - 03/13/16 New York lawmakers eye assisted suicide law (MSSNY mentioned) N.Y. Times – 03/14/16 The End of Prescriptions as We Know Them in New York (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) Times Union - 03/14/16 State rewrites medical practice (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

The Buffalo News - 03/14/16 In New York, paper prescriptions out, computers in (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Private Officer Breaking News - 03/14/16 New York to Discard Prescription Pads, and Doctors’ Handwriting, in Digital Shift (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Utica Observer – 03/15/16 E-scripts: Is everyone ready? (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) New York State Osteopathetic Medical Society - 3/15/2016 NYSOMS joins MSSNY in Powerful Day of Advocacy (MSSNY mentioned)

Thefix.com - - 03-17/16 New York State Is Doing Away With Paper Prescriptions (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Crain's Health Pulse – 03/18/16 As e-prescribing deadline looms, DOH issues waivers (Elizabeth Dears, MSSNY's senior vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs quoted) Associated Press – 03/19/16 As NY Demands Paperless Prescribing, Doctors are Mixed (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado and New York County Medical Society President Dr. Michael T. Goldstein,quoted)

Also appeared in : ABC News ABC – 13WHAM Auburn Pub The Columbian CBS News Claims Journal Fox News Indiana Gazette Kansas City Star KBET 790 Talk Now Lockport Journal NBC New York NBC News 2 South Carolina Oneida Daily Dispatch Pittsburgh Tribune Review Rocket News Rutland Herald Salina Journal The Sentinel (PA) Troy Record Tribtown.com (Seymour, IN)

LoHud.com -03/20/16 Concerns as N.Y. switches to e-scripts (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) Modern Readers – 03/20/16 As New York Prepares for Paperless Prescriptions, Docs Still Want Answers (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) Tech Times – 03/20/16 New York Mandates Paperless Prescriptions - Why Are Doctors Wary Of E-scripts? (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) Democrat & Chronicle – 03/19/16 Paperless prescribing to start March 27 in NY (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) The Buffalo News -03/19/16 Dr. John Radford wants to treat you over the web (MSSNY Vice President, Dr. Thomas Madejski quoted) Also ran in Pharmacy Choice Finger Lakes Daily News - 03/21/16 Opposition to New Prescription Regulations (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado comments)

Maine News Online – 03/21/16 Days of doctors handwriting prescriptions that patients then take to pharmacy coming to end (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Syracuse.com – 03/21/16 Company news: Samuel Saleeb joined St. Joseph's Health (MSSNY member Dr. Samuel Saleeb mentioned)

Syracuse.com – 03/21/16 Company news: Asim Siddiqi welcomed as hospitalist at St. Joseph's Hospital (MSSNY member Dr. Asim Siddiqi mentioned)

Syracuse.com – 03/21/16 Company news: Neil Shah welcomed as hospitalist at St. Joseph's Hospital (MSSNY member Dr. Neil Shah mentioned)

Pharmacy Choice - 03/23/16 AAAASF Appoints New Vice President of Standards and Enters 36th Year of Promoting Patient Safety (MSSNY member Dr. William B. Rosenblatt mentioned)

Also ran in StamfordAdvocate.com Becker’s Review

Medscape – 03/24/16 New York e-Prescribing Law Goes Into Effect This Sunday (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Newsday – 03/24/16 Overcoming the wrath of opioid addiction (MSSNY mentioned) Newsday – 03/24/16 Let’s build on NY’s success on opioids (MSSNY mentioned) Also ran in SILIve.com

ForeignAffairs.co.nz Long Island Exchange Modern Healthcare – 03/25/16 Ready or not, e-prescribing coming to New York state providers (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

American Pharmacists Association – 03/25/16 New York e-prescribing law goes into effect on March 27 (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Capital Update – 03/25/16 State to Mandate Electronic Prescriptions Starting Sunday (MSSNY Senior VP for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Liz Dears interviewed)

Innovation Trail – 03/25/16 NY Does Away With Paper Prescriptions Sunday (MSSNY mentioned) WBTA – 03/25/16 President of NYS Medical Society responds to E-Prescribing Mandate (Statement picked up) Newsday – 03/26/16 New York prescription writing Starts going all electronic (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

CBS 880 AM – 03/28/16 E-Prescribing interview with Dr.Maldonaldo

HIStalk - 3/28/16 Morning Headlines (Dr. Maldonado’s statement mentioned)

HISTalk – 03/28/16 Monday Morning Update (Newsday article mentioned)

WBEN AM (Buffalo, NY No More Paper Scripts, Electronic Prescribing Underway (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Crain's Health Pulse – 03/28/16 AT A GLANCE (MSSNY mentioned re: Newsday Op-Ed)

Government Technology – 03/28/16 Prescription-Writing in New York Goes Digital Statewide (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) Healthcare IT News – 03/28/16 Medical Society of New York State calls for leeway from new e-prescribing law (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Becker’s ASC Reveiew – 3/28/16 7 things for ASC leaders to know for Monday — March 28, 2016 - AAAASF elects Dr. William Rosenblatt to executive committee (MSSNY member Dr. William B. Rosenblatt mentioned)

The Daily Star 03/29/16 Area doctors ready for 'e-scripts' (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado mentioned)

LifeZette – 03/29/16 E-Prescriptions are the Law in New York (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Long Island Business News - 03/29/16 NY ranked worst state for doctors (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Long Island Business News - 03/29/16 State mandates electronic prescriptions (MSSNY mentioned)

The Jewish Voice – 03/30/16 New York e-Prescribing Law Goes Into Effect; Controls Narc Abuse (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

WIVB.COM (Buffalo, NY) – 03/31/16 Physicians object to required training to prescribe opioid painkillers (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

Albany Daily Star – 04/01/16 Doctors worry about New York City E prescribing policy – Simi Valley Health (New York County Medical Society President Dr. Michael T. Goldstein,quoted)

Healthcare Infomatics - 04/07/16 How Providers at One Hospital Have Answered the Call of New York’s E-Prescribing Mandate (MSSNY mentioned)

Health IT Outcomes – 04/08/16 New York State Commits To e-Prescribing (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted) Albany Times Union - 04/10/16 New York medical malpractice insurer PRI struggles, but owner insulated (New York County Medical Society President Dr. Michael T. Goldstein,quoted)

Information Management – 04/14/16 Thousands of Providers Miss New York State’s Deadline for E-prescribing (MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado quoted)

EC Plaza -04/14/16 Herman B. Berg, MD, to be Published in The Leading Physicians of the World as New Member of the International Association of HealthCare Professionals (MSSNY Member Dr. Herman B. Berg, MD mentioned)

Yonkers Tribune – 04/19/16 Westchester Physician Kira A. Geraci-Ciardullo, MD, Re-Elected Speaker of State Medical Society

DOTMed – Healthcare Business Daily News – 04/19/16 Malcolm D. Reid Westchester physician elected president of the Medical Society of the State of New York

Crain’s Health Pulse – 04/19/16 AT A GLANCE WHO’S NEWS: Dr. Malcolm Reid is the new president of the Medical Society of the State of New York.

The Malone Telegram – 04/19/16 William Latreille, MD, re-elected vice speaker of NY State Medical Society

Newsday -04/20/16 People on the Move MSSNY President Elect Dr. Charles Rothberg and Dr. Frank Dowling, Assistant Treasurer, mentioned)

Mount Vernon Daily Voice – 04/19/16 Mount Vernon HS Alumnus Elected President Of State Medical Society (MSSNY President Dr. Malcom Reid mentioned)

The Batavia Daily News (Genesee, Wyoming & Orleans Counties) -04/20/16 Albion physician elected vice president of State Medical Society (MSSNY VP Dr. Thomas J. Madejski mentioned)

Westchester County Business Journal Mamaroneck doctor re-elected to state medical society post MSSNY Speaker Dr. Kira A. Geraci-Ciardullo mentioned)

Mount Vernon Patch – 04/26/16 Mount Vernon High Grad Now Heads State Medical Society (MSSNY President Dr. Malcom Reid mentioned)

Greater New York Hospital Association Skyline News – 05/02/16 GNYHA, Allies Launch Med Mal Ad Campaign (MSSNY mentioned)

Rome Sentinel – 05/02/16 Dr. Maldonado named president of state Medical Educational & Scientific Foundation (Former MSSNY President, Dr. Joseph Maldonado, MD mentioned)

Yahoo! Finance – 05/02/16 New York City Based Facial Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj, Has Been Selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in America for 2016 (MSSNY Member Dr. Oleg Slupchynski mentioned)

Lohud – Business Briefs 05/04/16 Briarcliff Manor’s Reid Elected President (MSSNY President Dr. Malcom Reid & Assistant Secretary Dr. Bonnie Litvack mentioned)

New Amsterdam News – 05/05/16 Americans need wake-up call on importance of sleep (MSSNY mentioned)

Medical Economics -05/16/16 NY doctors scramble to adopt e-prescribing to combat abuse, fraud (Former MSSNY President. Dr. Jospeh Maldonado, quoted)

Yahoo! Finance – 05/19/16 Dr. Saeed Bajwa -- Receives ICNA Relief USA Award of Appreciation (Member physician mentioned)

Patch (Peekskill-Cortland, Bronxville – Eastchester, Southeast- Brewster, NY) – 05/24/16 Close the E-Cigarette Loophole: Health Groups Urge NY Lawmakers (MSSNY mentioned)

BusByway.com - 05/27/16 General Physician, Martin S. Tesher, MD, to be Published in The Leading Physicians of the World as New Member of the International Association of HealthCare Professionals, IAHCP (MSSNY Member Martin Tescher, MD mentioned)

PRBuzz.com - 05/27/16 General Physician, Martin S. Tesher, MD, to be Published in The Leading Physicians of the World as New Member of the International Association of HealthCare Professionals, IAHCP (MSSNY Member Martin Tescher, MD mentioned)

EC Plaza News – 05/27/16 General Physician, Martin S. Tesher, MD, to be Published in The Leading Physicians of the World as New Member of the International Association of HealthCare Professionals, IAHCP (MSSNY Member Martin Tescher, MD mentioned)

Democrat and Chronicle - 05/28/16 Whatever Happened To...Genesee Hospital? (MSSNY mentioned)

AP (Hosted) – 05/29/16 NY lawmakers consider limit on opioid drug prescriptions (MSSNY Senior VP, Liz Dears quoted)

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Brattleboro Reformer - 05/31/16 Students in the news (Alison Spring-Rowell Stringham , winner of Medical Society of New York Community Service Award, mentioned)

Contacto Latino – 06/-1/15 Dr. Saeed Bajwa — Named Director of Neurosciences at United Health Services, Johnson City (MSSNY member Dr, Saeed Bajwa mentioned)

Becker's Spine Review - 06/01/16 St. Joseph's Physicians Spine Care welcomes Dr. David Moorthi: 6 notes Featured (MSSNY member Dr. David Moorthi mentioned)

Associated Press – 06/02/16 New York Bill Extends Deadline for Medical Malpractice Suits (MSSNY Senior VP, Liz Dears quoted)

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Albany Times Union – 06/02/16 New York opioid pill bill would limit prescriptions (MSSNY mentioned)

Also ran in San Antonio Express News

Newsday – 06/05/16 Medical malpractice lawsuit bill stalls in state Senate (MSSNY Mentioned)

CBS News New York - 06/03/16 N.Y. State Lawmakers Push For Change To Limitations On Medical Malpractice Suits (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcom Reid interviewed)

Black Daily News – 06/03/16 N.Y. State Lawmakers Push For Change To Limitations On Medical Malpractice Suits (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcom Reid quoted)

Examiner.com – 06/06/16 NY Senate sits on malpractice bill passed by Assembly (MSSNY mentioned)

Politico – 06/09/16 Mixed reviews for Cuomo's draft opioid proposal (MSSNY Senior VP, Liz Dears quoted)

Crain's Health Pulse – 06/14/16 Doctors on opioid measures (MSSNY Senior VP, Liz Dears quoted)

New York Amsterdam News – 06/16/16 Touro Medical Grads Receive NY State Service Award (MSSNY Mentioned)

Rochester First – 06/20/16 Senator Schumer shares his stance as gun control debate heats up (MSSNY Communications Commissioner, Dr. Joshua Cohen, MD comments)

Wire – 06/22/16 3 things every physician should do when treating pain (MSSNY Assistant Treasurer, Dr. Frank Dowling, MD quoted)

NYCOMEC Newsletter – 06/23/16 Touro Medical Grads Receive NY State Service Award (MSSNY Mentioned)

HCPLive – 06/24/16 How Two AMA Gay Activist MDs Swayed Delegates on Gun Violence (MSSNY Councilor Dr. Joshua Cohen mentioned)

Crain’s Health Pulse – 06/28/16 What patients gain and lose at urgent care centers Dr. Michael Goldstein, President of the New York County Medical Society quoted)

KLTV – July 5, 2016 David B. Lever & Associates Report On Potential Medical Malpractice Bill (MSSNY Mentioned)

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MyFoxZone.com – 07/06/16 Dr. Kathryn P. Rutenberg Has Been Recognized Among the Top in Her Industry by the Expert Network (MSSY Member Dr. Kathryn P. Rutenberg honored) New York Amsterdam News – 07/07/16 Hydrate well, stay cool to avoid heat-related illness (MSSNY mentioned)

Syracuse.com – 07/08/16 Company News: David Moorthi joined St. Joseph's Physicians Spine Care (MSSNY member Dr. David Moorthi mentioned)

Politico Pro Health Newsletter – 07/14/16 Listen Up! – Zika Press Release picked up

Crain's Health Pulse – 07/19/16 How Warren Buffett wooed New York's largest medical malpractice insurer (Philip Schuh, executive vice president of MSSNY, quoted)

Jamestown Post Journal – 7/31/16 Area Nurse Makes Impact Statewide (MSSNY mentioned)

Also ran in The Post-Journal

Columbia County Registar - Star – 08/10/16 National Immunization Awareness Month (MSSNY President Dr. Malcolm Reid & Dr. William Valenti quoted)

Crain's Health Pulse – 08/10/16 At A Glance – Vaccines (MSSNY mentioned)

The CW – Tulsa – 08/10/16 Dr. Howard Anthony Rose Has Been Recognized Among the Top in His Industry by the Expert Network (MSSNY member Dr. Howard Anthony Rose mentioned)

Also appeared in Digital Journal & The Register ‘star

TulsaCW.com – 08/11/16 Kaplan Announces Launch of Inaugural Residency Prep Boot Camp to Help Medical School Graduates Match (MSSNY President Dr. Malcolm Reid mentioned)

Also ran in KATC.com, Technology News, TMCNet, NBC Right Now KNDO-TV, EducationDive, KTBS.com, KRGV.com, KUSI.com, KAIT ABC, WEGM.com, CBS 58, KTVQ.com, WANDTV.com, KSLA News 12, KFBB.com, KPLC 7 News, KFMB TV CBS, KMOV.com, NewsWest , AZFamily.com PRBuzz.com

FindLaw.com – 08/16/16 Physician Assisted Suicide: Is Legal Always Right? (MSSNY mentioned)

Pharmacy Choice – 08/22/16 Board Certified Anesthesiologist Carolyn la Fleur, MD will Debut New Publication in the Leading Physicians of the World (MSSNY member Carolyn LaFleur , MD mentioned)

The Buffalo News – 08/27/16 Opinion - Another Voice: I-STOP changes won’t hurt fight against opioid abuse (Letter to the Editor from MSSNY president Dr. Malcolm Reid, MD & VP, Dr. Thomas Madejski)

Healthcare Business Daily News - 09/07/16 AMA and MSSNY urge New York State officials to reject Anthem-Cigna merger as anticompetitive (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

Becker’s Hospital Review – 09/08/16 AMA, physicians press NY state to reject Anthem-Cigna deal (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

The Canadian Business Journal – 09/08/16 AMA and MSSNY: Anthem-Cigna Deal Is Bad Medicine For New York State (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

Modern Healthcare – 09/08/16 AMA, consumers urge N.Y. regulators to reject Anthem-Cigna merger (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

Marketwired News – 09/08/16 AMA and MSSNY: Anthem-Cigna Deal Is Bad Medicine For New York State (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

The Hill – 09/12/16 Opioid epidemic must also be a call to arms for healthcare IT (MSSNY mentioned)

Health Payer Intelligence – 09/12/16 AMA Urges NY Regulators to Reject Health Insurance Mergers (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

Becker’s ASC Review – 09/12/16 AMA, Medical Society of the State of NY implore regulators to block Anthem-Cigna merger — 4 highlights (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

WAFB.com – 09/12/16 Main Medical Association Selects Dr. First’s Rcopia and EPCS Gold Software as Recommended E- prescribing Solution (MSSNY Mentioned)

HIS Talk – 09/14/16 Reader’s Write: the Surgeon General’s Rallying Cry Against the Opioid Epidemic Must Also Be a Call to Arms for Healthcare (MSSNY mentioned)

New York Amsterdam News – 09/15/16 Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day (MSSNY mention)

Health Payer Intelligence - 9/21/16 New findings from the American Medical Association show that two health insurance acquisitions could reduce competition significantly in 24 states. (MSSNY mentioned)

Crain's Health Pulse – 09/23/16 How New York's independent docs are getting squeezed financially (MSSNY Member Dr. Patricia McLaughlin quoted)

Nation News - 09/25/16 “TONY BEST: Kudos for Bajans in America” (Former MSSNY President, Dr. Milton Haynes mentioned)

Fox News Carolina – 09/29/16 Dr. Saeed Bajwa Appointed Director of Neurosciences at UHS, Johnson City (MSSNY member Dr. Saeed Bajwa mentioned) Politico New York - 009/30/2016 Cuomo vetoes two bills related to electronic prescriptions (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid quoted)

Times – Herald – 10/01/16 New York's medical pot program is an obstacle course (MSSNY mentioned)

Tapinto.net – 10/06/16 Speaker at Olean General Breakfast Series Stresses Documenting End-of-Life Wishes (MSSNY member Dr. Pat Bomba quoted)

Politico – 10/11/16 Got to Go to Moe’s (MSSNY’s Moe Auster promoted to senior vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs)

American Health Line: First Look – 10/20/16 Notable Tweets mention

Albany Times Union - 10/31/16 Give the patients right treatment (Letter to the Editor from (MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid)

Seattle pi – 10/31/16 Dr. Bill Valenti to Introduce Memoir Chronicling the Road to Ending the AIDS Epidemic AIDS: A Matter of Urgency available for pre-sale November 30th (Dr. Bill Valenti , chair of the Infectious Diseases Committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York, mentioned)

The Buffalo News – 10/31/16 Editorial: Patient survey on pain management may may drive overuse of painkillers (Dr. Timothy Gabryel, president of the Medical Society of Erie County, quoted)

Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley – 11/02/16

(Dr. Bill Valenti , chair of the Infectious Diseases Committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York, mentioned)

The Times-Tribune • 11/06/16 People on the Move (MSSNY member Wilson Young, M.D., Ph.D.,mentioned)

Fox Carolina.com – 11/07/16 Dr. Saeed Bajwa United Health Services New Director of Neurosciences (MSSNY member Dr. Saeed Bajwa mentioned)

Politico – 11/07/16 How the latest rules from CMS may be sending mixed signals (President-elect Dr. Charles Rothberg quoted)

Crains’s – 11/07/16 NYC doctors struggle to stay independent in a changing industry (MSSNY members Dr. Patricia McLaughlin and Dr. Inderpal Chhabra mentioned) Crain’s and Crain’s Health Pulse – 11/08/16 Doctors Deserve a Choice (Statement from MSSNY President Dr. Malcom Reid)

Albany Times Union – 11/10/16 End of Obamacare could cost New York $850M (MSSY President Elect, Dr. Charles Rothberg, MD quoted)

Auscultation – 11/15/16 Is this about Doctors or Patients? (Statement fromMSSNY President Dr. Malcom Reid)

FIOS Long Island – 11/20/16 https://vzaar.com/videos/8666263 (MSSY President Elect, Dr. Charles Rothberg, MD comments on Step Therapy)

Politico -12/9/16 Email Newsletter mention of - John Belmont’s appointment as MSSNY vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs

Becker’s Hospital Review – 12/12/16 15 young physician leaders to know — December 2016 (MSSNY’s Hilary Fairbrother mentioned)

Adirondack Daily Entertprise – 12/13/16 Saranac Lake Med Student Wins $10,000 AMA Scholarship – 1 of Just 3 Statewide (Sam Racette wins MSSNY’s Dr. Duane and Joyce Cady Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship

Crain’s Heath Pulse – 12/15/16 NY hasty in cannabis recommendation, doctors' group says (Letter from MSSNY President, Dr. Malcolm Reid)

New York Amsterdam News • 12/15/16 To give joy with a toy, select carefully to avoid hazards (MSSNY mentioned)

Albany Times Union – 12/17/16 People on the Move (John P. Belmont’s new position as VP legislative and regulatory affairs

Crain's Health Pulse – 12/19/16 Cuomo yet to receive step-therapy bill for signing (Moe Auster, MSSNY senior vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs quoted)

TWC Capital Tonight – 12/21/16 Opponents of Step Therapy Call for Reform (Moe Auster, MSSNY senior vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs interviewed)

Crain's Health Pulse – 12/19/16 Uncertainty in Washington clouds start of new legislative session in Albany (Moe Auster, MSSNY senior vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs quoted)