NEWS of NEW YORK Providing Information to Assist Physicians in the State of New York
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MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEWS OF NEW YORK Providing Information to Assist Physicians in the State of New York Volume 72 • Number 3 www.mssny.org March 2016 Why You Need to Take A Day Away From Your Practice to Lobby Albany on March 8, 2016 • Think you pay too much in malpractice insurance • The Proposed NYS Budget does nothing to com- costs? The Trial Bar doesn’t care. They have intro- pensate physicians for the unpaid care they have duced legislation that will certainly increase your provided to Health Republic insureds. premium costs. • New York State wants to enable Walmart and • If you practice in the Capital District, Southern Target to hire NPs to deliver care to the public to Tier, Central NY, or Western NY, New York State compete directly against you. wants to take away your Excess Liability Insurance • Countless non-physicians want to threaten patient Coverage. health by inappropriately expanding the scope of • New York State wants to enable NPs to deliver care they can provide, including dentists, optom- care to injured workers and take away County etrists and psychologists Medical Society review of authorized physicians • We need to prevent insurers from offering patients rather than fixing the broken Workers Compensa- narrow networks for Exchange plans and denying tion system. patient access to out of network physicians. PLEASE JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO LOBBY YOUR ELECTED LEADERS IN PERSON IN ALBANY, MARCH 8. Click here to register Medical Society of the State of New York Division of Governmental Affairs Physician Impact Day in Albany, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 CLICK ICONS REMINDER: ALL PRESCRIPTIONS MUST TO FOLLOW MSSNY BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY BEGINNING MARCH 27TH ON FACEBOOK Tell your patients NOW that you will NOT be issuing papers scripts as of March 27. With the OR TWITTER. e-prescribing mandate quickly approaching, we at MSSNY are concerned about the lack of preparedness expressed by New York doctors. Our recent survey showed that more than 40% of responding physicians are not yet prepared to meet the e-prescribing mandate. WE DO NOT ExPECT AN ExTENSION OF THE DEADLINE, AND URGE YOU TO ACT NOW TO ENSURE YOU ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW. 17th Annual Bi-District Meeting in Lake Placid MSSNY held its 17th Annual Bi-District they can advocate together in those Meeting on Saturday January 23 at areas where they have common the Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, NY. ground. State Senator Little and Physicians from Districts III and IV Congresswoman Stefanik felt that (which encompasses most of the east- listening to and participating in the ern third of New York State) along with discussion was valuable as they the Society’s leadership, gathered to work to understand and represent discuss the issues currently facing the the needs of their districts. medical profession. The meeting was chaired by State Senator Betty Little and William R. Latreille, Jr., MD, FACP, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik MSSNY Chairman of the Board William Latreille, MD Chairman of the Board of Trustees participated in the meeting’s fea- and MSSNY President Joseph R. Maldonado, MD of MSSNY. Other meeting attend- tured discussion on Opportunities with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (l) and Senator ees included Joseph R. Maldonado, Betty Little. for Collaboration with the Hospital Jr. MD, President of MSSNY, Association of New York State (HANYS) Philip Schuh, CPA, Executive Vice and other Healthcare Providers. As physicians increasingly President of MSSNY, William Streck, MD, Chief Medical and become employed by hospitals, the two organizations dis- Health Systems Innovation Officer at HANYS, and other area cussed areas in which their interests align, and ways that physicians. REMINDER: All Prescriptions Must Be Sent Electronically Beginning March 27 Tell your patients NOW that you will NOT be issuing papers scripts as of March 27. With the e-prescribing mandate quickly approaching, we at MSSNY are concerned about the lack of pre- paredness expressed by New York doctors. Our recent survey showed that more than 40% of responding physicians are not yet prepared to meet the e-prescribing mandate. We DO NOT expect an extension of the deadline, and urge you to ACT NOW to ensure you are com- pliant with the law. Poster Symposium Seeks Judges on April 15 in Tarrytown If you’re coming to the House of Delegates in Tarrytown – or just live in the neighborhood – and are free on Friday afternoon, April 15, from 2 – 4 pm, please consider par- ticipating as a judge at the MSSNY Resident and Fellow Section Poster Symposium. It’s always an exciting, lively event! Please contact sben- [email protected] or 516-488-6100 extension 383 if you’re interested. Page 2 • MSSNY’s News of New York • March 2016 March 2016 • MSSNY’s News of New York • Page 3 Endorsed by MSSNY Page 2 • MSSNY’s News of New York • March 2016 March 2016 • MSSNY’s News of New York • Page 3 PRESIDENT’S COLUMN MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NEWS OF NEW YORK Take Control of Your Life, Your Career and Your Practice For over two centuries, the private practice to survive with Medical Society of the State the myriad of hurdles facing Medical Society of New York has served as the physicians? of the State of New york representative professional Joseph R. Maldonado, Jr., MD, President OPTIONS ARE LIMITED William Latreille, MD, Chairman of the Board organization for the profes- For most physicians, the Philip A. Schuh, CPA, Executive Vice Presi- sion to our state’s residents, options are limited. Personal dent legislators, educators, regula- choices concerning prac- COMMUNICATIONS aNd PUBLICATIONS tors and policy makers. Our tices and families govern our Joshua M. Cohen, MD, MPH, Commissioner diverse activities have varied in abilities to change where we their prominence with advo- practice and how we practice. NewS of New york cacy being the dominant task Joseph R. Personal and business debt Published by Medical Society over several decades. This Maldonado, Jr., as well as lifestyle and stan- of the State of New York has been the result of a grow- MD, MSc, MBA, dard of living choices often Vice President, Communications and Editor ing assault on the profession DipEBHC mean that physicians cannot Christina Cronin Southard, Editor which has sought to transform opt for their most desirable [email protected] delivery of healthcare from the domain choice; they must make personal and News of New York Staff of physicians to the domain of hospitals professional sacrifices in order to meet Manager, Communications Division and insurers. More recently, employ- the obligations for their lifestyle and Julie Vecchione DeSimone ers, patients, and other allied health standard of living. Such factors may [email protected] professionals have sought to change motivate a physician to sell their practice Roseann Raia, Communications Coordinator the scope of practice of physicians and to a hospital or seek employment with a [email protected] other healthcare providers as well as the hospital or group rather than downscale clinical decision-making role of physi- Steven Sachs, Web Administrator and practice independently on their own [email protected] cians. Corporate America and Wall Street terms. If you have a significant mort- have sought to shape the direction of gage to pay, you’re not going to drop Susan Herbst, Page Designer healthcare as bio and information tech- out of a particular plan which just cut News of New YoRk nologies, pharmaceuticals, and delivery your reimbursements by 20%. Instead, AdvertiSiNg RepresentAtives venues (such as retail clinics, telemedi- you realize the threat to your standard for general advertising information contact cine, homecare, assisted living) change Christina Cronin Southard of living these cuts pose and – instead Phone 516-488-6100 ext 355 the care setting. Today, every aspect of – seek to increase volume, increase [email protected] physician care delivery workflow is regu- new revenue streams of income or cut lated by one or multiple external parties operational costs perhaps by joining a that claim their right to do so based on the News of New York is published monthly as hospital or group practice (economies of the official publication of the Medical Society of reimbursement arrangements and/or scale approach). the State of New York. information on the publi- statutory/regulatory authority. How is (Continued on page 15) cation is available from the Communications Di- vision, Medical Society of the State of New York, 865 Merrick Avenue, P.o. Box 9007, Westbury, NY New York State Earns On-Site Visits Increasing 11590. the acceptance of a product, service or com- Mixed Reviews in New Among Large Employers pany as an advertiser or as a membership benefit Tobacco Report of the Medical Society of the State of New York Question: What is behind the does not imply endorsement and/or approval of A report from the American Lung drive by large employers to this product, service or company by the Medical Association (ALA) titled “State of employ on-site or near-site doc- Society of the State of New York. the Member Ben- Tobacco Control 2016,” finds that efits Committee urges all our physician members tor visits? to exercise good judgment when purchasing any New York earned an “A” in 2015 “on Answer: Employers looking to product or service. policies that promote smoke-free reduce monthly healthcare premi- Although MSSNY makes efforts to avoid clerical air.” However, the ALA “called on ums are finding that operating clinics or printing mistakes, errors may occur. in no event New York officials to increase fund- on-site to provide primary and pre- shall any liability of MSSNY for clerical or printing ing for the state’s tobacco control mistakes exceed the charges paid by the advertis- ventive care, and encourage exercise, er for the advertisement, or for that portion of the programs by $10 million to $52 mil- are keeping workers healthier, reduc- advertisement in error if the primary or essential lion per year and expand New York’s ing absenteeism and cutting benefit message of the advertisement has not been totally altered or substantially rendered meaningless as a Clean Indoor Air Act to restrict the costs.