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MSSNY Podcasts — 219 episodes
The Rules of Contagion: Why Viruses do What they Do
They're Back! A Discussion on Recognizing Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Currently on the Rise
MSSNY Update 5-29-2026: Final State Budget Hits and Misses on Healthcare
MSSNY Update 5-15-2026: Late State Budget + Impending End of Legislative Session Spells Immense Challenges for Physicians
MSSNY Update 4-17-2026: State Budget Negotiations Intensify as Key Healthcare Issues Remain in Doubt
MSSNY Update 3-13-2026: It's March Madness for MSSNY – Physician Advocacy Day, State Budget, House of Delegates & CME
MSSNY Update 2-13-2026: MSSNY President Warns Legislature About Disastrous Patient Consequences of Adverse Budget Proposals
MSSNY Update 1-30-2026: Governor's Budget Could Spell Disaster for Many Physicians - Plan NOW to be in Albany on March 10th
MSSNY Update 1-16-2026: Governor Targets No-Fault Fraud, Vaccination & Prior Authorization in State of the State Message
MSSNY Update 12-5-2025: Medical Community Advocating for 4th Veto of GFA and Lots of CME Opportunities Upcoming
MSSNY Update 10-31-2025: MSSNY Physician Leaders Working to Improve Patient Care Delivery Through MSSNY Committees and CME programs
Fall 2025 Women Physicians Leadership Academy - Dollars & Sense: What it is & Why you NEED to Register!
MSSNY Update 9-5-2025: Impact of HR 1 & Medicare Pie-shifting, and How You Can Join Our Advocacy Efforts
Physician's Electronic Emergency Preparedness Toolkit 2025 Episode 4
MSSNY Update 6-27-2025: 2025 NY Legislative Session Brings Many Positives for Physicians, Some Challenges, and a Big, Big Remaining Question from Washington
MSSNY Update 6-13-2025: End of Session Flood of Bills Impacting Healthcare: Some Positive, Some Adverse, & Further Grassroots Needed
MSSNY Update 5-23-2025: US House-Passed Bill Would Impose Huge Medicaid Cuts and End-of-Session Challenges in Albany
MSSNY Update 5-9-2025: At long last, a State Budget – What Does it Mean for Physicians?
MSSNY Update 4-11-2025: MSSNY House of Delegates Wrap-Up and State Budget Drags On… and On
Let's Talk About Measles: 2025 Measles Update
MSSNY Update 3-21-2025:State Budget Negotiations Means Looming Threats for Physicians and Continued Need for Grassroots
An In Depth Discussion About Ongoing Mpox Concerns
MSSNY Update 3-7-2025: Will we see you in Albany next week to fight for your profession?
MSSNY Update 2-21-2025: Please Join Us for Physician Albany Advocacy Day on March 11 and Numerous Upcoming Educational Webinars
MSSNY Update 2-14-2025: MSSNY Physician Leaders Fight for their Profession and Patients in Albany and in Washington
MSSNY Update 1-31-2025: The Governor's Budget for 2025: The Good, The Bad & The Unfair
MSSNY Update 1-17-2025: January Brings Governor’s State of the State and a “To Do” List of Advocacy Items for New York Physicians
MSSNY Update 12-23-2024: Governor Hochul Again Protects the Healthcare System from the Abyss But Congress Gives Physicians a Lump of Coal
MSSNY Update 12-6-2024: End of the Year Health Legislation-Palooza: PA Supervision, Hospital Closures, Liability Expansion, Profile Updates and So Much More
MSSNY Update 11-8-2024: Initial Reaction to Election Results and Our To-Do List for Year End 2024
MSSNY Update 10-25-2024:DOH Pauses Payment Consent Requirement and MSSNY’s Extensive Upcoming CME Offerings
MSSNY Update 10-11-2024: Upcoming MSSNY CME Programs and Updates on Financial Consent Requirement, Medicare Cuts and Wrongful Death Legislation
MSSNY Update 9-20-2024: Physicians Discuss Legislative Priorities in Numerous MSSNY September Advocacy Meetings
MSSNY Update 9-6-2024: September - A Return to School, Football & Physician Advocacy
Dengue Virus Advisory: A Discussion With Dr. Bill Valenti
MSSNY Update 6-14-2024: 2024 Session Wrap-Up. MSSNY Policy Reflected in Several Passed Bills, but Veto Requests Needed for Others
MSSNY Update 5-24-2024: End of Session Brings Concerning Liability and Scope Expansion Proposals, But Also Opportunities to Fix Health Insurer Hassles
MSSNY Update 5-10-2024: FTC Decision to Limit Non-Compete Clauses and What’s in Store for Final Month of Legislative Session
MSSNY Update 4-26-2024:House of Delegates wrap-up and State Budget Advocacy Victories
MSSNY Update 4-5-2024: MSSNY 2024 House of Delegates & New York State Budget Watch
MSSNY Update 3-22-2024: Budget Analysis, Change Cyberattack Assistance & Upcoming CME
MSSNY Update 3-15-2024: Physicians Advocacy in Albany and Legislature Disapproval of Many State Budget Proposals
MSSNY Update 2-16-2024: New York physicians Fight to Restore Medicare Cuts in Washington and to Reject Problematic State Budget Issues in Albany
MSSNY Update 2-9-2024: Breadth of Bad Budget Proposals Necessitates Physicians Coming to Albany March 12 to Demand Change
Respiratory Viruses 2023-2024: A Discussion with Dr. Bill Valenti on RSV, Flu & COVID
MSSNY Update 1-26-2024: Governor’s Bad News Budget for Physicians Means You Need to be in Albany March 12
MSSNY Update 1-19-204: Executive Budget 2024 – Tell Your Legislators that Expanded Access to Care Should Mean Access to Physician Care
MSSNY Update 1-12-2024: Governor Hochul Identifies Several Steps to Expand Access to Care – Some Positive and Some Concerning
MSSNY Update 1-5-2024: Governor Wields the Veto Pen at Year End and What’s New for 2024
MSSNY Update 11-17-2023: Numerous Healthcare Bills to be Considered by Governor Hochul & How You Can Help
MSSNY Update 10-27-2023: Workshop to Hone Your Advocacy Skills and Development of MSSNY’s Legislative Program
MSSNY Update 9-29-2023: October CME Highlights and Key Bills Before the Governor
MSSNY Update 9-15-2023: Urgent Call to Contact Governor Hochul on Wrongful Death Bill & Upcoming MSSNY CME
Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) Vaccine 2023 Update
Respiratory Viruses (Influenza, COVID & RSV) Vaccines 2023
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine 2023 Update
Hepatitis B Vaccine 2023 (extended version)
Hepatitis B Vaccine 2023 Update
MSSNY Update 6-16-2023: Important Updates from the 2023 Legislative Session & the Need for Community Physician Advocacy
MSSNY Update 6-2-2023: Speak Up Now to Protect our Healthcare Safety Net
MSSNY Update 5-19-2023: Protect our Healthcare Safety Net! Physicians Urged to Again Make Calls on Bill to Expand Wrongful Death Damages
MSSNY Update 5-12-2023: The End of the Public Health Emergency and Pressing End of Session Issues
MSSNY Update 5-5-2023: Many Positive Outcomes in the Enacted State Budget & New Grieving Families Act Introduced
MSSNY Update 4-28-2023: MSSNY 2023 House of Delegates Recap & State Budget Details
MSSNY Update 4-14-2023: MSSNY Annual House of Delegates & Budget Updates
MSSNY Update 3-24-2023: Physician Advocacy Day Recap and Health Care Issues in State Budget Negotiations
The Psychology of Climate Change
MSSNY Update 3-10-2023: MSSNY’s Upcoming Physician Advocacy Day & CME Programs Next Week
MSSNY Update 3-3-2023:MSSNY Physician Leaders Urge Legislators to Preserve Physician-Led Team Care
MSSNY Update 2-17-2023: Physician Advocacy on Capitol Hill and Why Physicians Need to Show Up at the State Capitol March 14
MSSNY Update 2-10-2023: What Physicians Need to Know About Governor Hochul's 2023-24 Proposed Budget
MSSNY Update 2-3-2023: Governor’s Veto of the Wrongful Death Bill and the Highlights/Lowlights of the Executive Budget
MSSNY Update 1-20-2023: Calls Needed to Urge Veto of Liability Expansion Bill and Albany Advocacy Day Planned for March 14
MSSNY Update 1-13-2023: The State-of-the-State & How it will Impact Physicians in 2023
MSSNY Update 1-6-2023: End of the Year Wrap-Up and New Health Care Laws
MSSNY Update 12-16-2022: Health care Issues On the Holiday Plate in Albany and Washington
MSSNY Update 11-18-2022: Post-election Re-cap & Physician Grassroots Efforts Still Needed in 2022
MSSNY Update 10-21-2022: Tools to Help Physicians Evaluate Legislators Running for Re-Election
MSSNY Update 9-23-2022: Grassroots needed on the myriad of healthcare bills to be considered by Governor Hochul
Polio 2022: A Discussion with Dr. William Valenti
MSSNY Update 7-28-2022:Urge Governor Hochul to Sign Managed Care Reform Bills & Veto Harmful Liability Expansion
June 8, 2022 Monkeypox Update Podcast
Monkeypox 2022: What Physicians Need to Know
MSSNY Update 5-27-2022: The End of the 2022 NYS Legislative Session, Challenges and Successes
MSSNY Update 5-13-2022: Upcoming CME Opportunities for Physicians on May 20th and How You Can Help to Defeat Numerous Adverse Bills in Albany
MSSNY Update 5-6-2022: Areas of Focus for the Remainder of Legislative Session
MSSNY Update 3-25-2022: Priorities in the State Budget & Challenging NYSHIP Moving Disputes to the Federal IDR
MSSNY Update 3-18-2022:What's in the Assembly & Senate Budget Proposals for Physicians and Their Patients?
MSSNY Update 3-11-2022: Physician Advocacy Day Wrap-up & How You Can Continue to Advocate for NYS Physicians
MSSNY Update 3-4-2022: Physician Advocacy Day & Why You Need to Attend
MSSNY Update 2-25-2022: No Surprises Act Court Ruling & Positive Developments in the NYS Budget
MSSNY Update 2-18-2022: MSSNY Physician Leaders Advocate to protect Medicare access and reform Prior Authorization
MSSNY Update 2-11-2022: Dr. Sellers' Testimony at Budget Hearing; Physician Advocacy Day & Actions You Can Take
Physician's Electronic Emergency Preparedness Toolkit: 2022 Update Podcast
MSSNY Update 2-4-2022: Advocacy Efforts Beyond (and Including) the Legislature and the Importance of Physician Advocacy Day
MSSNY Update 1-28-2022: Physician Advocacy Day & Why You Need to Be There
MSSNY Update 1-21-2022: A Closer Look at the Executive Budget and How it Impacts NY's Physicians
MSSNY Update 1-14-2022: What Will Next Week's Executive Budget Include?
MSSNY Update 1-7-2022: State of the State wrap-up & No Surprises Act
MSSNY Update 12-17-2021: Omicron, Medicare & Surprise Bills
A Discussion with Dr. William Valenti about Omicron & Antivirals for COVID
MSSNY Update 12-3-2021: Rising COVID Cases, the Omicron Variant & Elective Surgery Restriction Policies
MSSNY Update 11-19-2021: Testimony, Medicare Changes & Prior Auth Items
MSSNY Update 10-22-2021: The Importance of Being Involved in Legislative & Political Activity
MSSNY Update 10-8-2021: Surprise Bill Rules, Medicare Cuts & Scope Waivers
MSSNY Update 8-27-2021: Virtual CME at HOD; The Delta Variant & MSSNY Lobbying Efforts
A Conversation with Dr. Ariel Nassim at the Tokyo Olympics
MSSNY Update 7-16-2021: Efforts on Behalf of NYS Physicians Continue into the Summer Months
MSSNY Update 6-11-2021: Things You Need to Know About the End of Legislative Session
MSSNY Update 6-4-2021: Legislative Concerns for NY Physicians as Session Comes to an End
COVID-19 & The Mental Health of Children and Teens
MSSNY Update 5-21-2021: Partnering with our County Medical Societies on Advocacy and the Need for Physician Grassroots Efforts
MSSNY Update 5-14-2021: Health Republic Payment, Health Insurance Reform and Legislative Challenges
COVID-19 & Mental Health of Physicians
MSSNY Update 5-7-2021: MSSNY Partners with Specialty Societies to Protect New York Patients & Physicians
MSSNY Update 4-30-2021: Prior Authorization, Patient Rights & Leadership Changes
MSSNY Update 4-23-2021: Legislative Challenges & MSSNY Efforts to Assist and Educate NYS Physicians
Mental Health of Patients & COVID-19
MSSNY Update 4-16-2021: Medicare Sequester Cuts; Liability Insurance & Other Lobbying Efforts
MSSNY Update 4-9-2021: Budget Wins for NYS Physicians
MSSNY Update 4-2-2021: New York State Budget Negotiations and How the Budget will Affect You
How to Talk to Patients About Vaccine Hesitancy
MSSNY Update 3-26-2021: Actions to prevent Medicare cuts, the New York State Budget, and Legalized marijuana sales on the horizon
A Discussion on COVID Vaccine for Patients
MSSNY Update 3-19-2021: The one house budget proposals, Cuts to Medicare and How they effect NY's Physicians
MSSNY Update 3-12-2021: Budget Concerns & the Stimulus Package
MSSNY Update 3-5-2021: Physician Advocacy Day Success; Continued Need for Advocacy and Vaccine Accessibility
MSSNY Update 2-26-2021: Meetings on Vaccine Access, The New York State Budget & The Importance of Physician Advocacy
MSSNY Update 2-19-2021: Why Physician Advocacy Day is of Paramount Importance
MSSNY Update 2-12-2021: COVID Vaccine Distribution, Physician Advocacy Day and Upcoming Educational Programming
MSSNY Update 2-5-2021: Why you need to attend MSSNY Physician Advocacy Day
MSSNY Update 1-29-2021: How the proposed budget will impact physicians & How you can help
MSSNY Update 1-22-2021: How Physicians Can Fight Back Against Adverse State Budget proposals, and Upcoming CME
MSSNY Update 1-15-2021: COVID Vaccine, State-of-the-State and how it Affects the Physician Community
MSSNY Update 1-8-2021: COVID Vaccine, COVID Relief and Medicare Payments
MSSNY Update 12-18-2020: Vaccines, COVID relief and Surprise Bills
MSSNY Update 12-11-2020 - Vaccine Approval, Stimulus Package & Upcoming Educational Programs
MSSNY Update 12-4-2020
MSSNY Update 11-20-2020
MSSNY Update 11-13-2020
MSSNY Update 11-6-2020
MSSNY Update 10-30-2020
MSSNY Update 10-16-2020
MSSNY Update 10-9-2020
MSSNY Update 10-2-2020
MSSNY Update 9-25-2020
MSSNY Update 9-18-2020
MSSNY Update 9-11-2020
MSSNY Update 8-28-2020
MSSNY Update 8-21-2020
MSSNY Update 8-7-2020
MSSNY Update 7-31-2020
MSSNY Update 7-24-2020
MSSNY Update 7-17-2020
MSSNY Update 7-10- 2020
MSSNY Update 6-26-2020
MSSNY Update 6-19-2020
MSSNY Update 6-12-2020
MSSNY Update 6-5-2020
Veterans Matters: Suicide in Veterans
MSSNY Update 5-29-2020
Veterans Matters: TBI in Returning Veterans
Veterans Matters: PTSD in Returning Veterans - Part 2
Veterans Matters: PTSD in Returning Veterans - Part 1
MSSNY Update 5-15-2020
MSSNY Update 5-8-2020
Veterans Matters: Substance Use Disorder in Veterans
MSSNY Update 5-1-2020
MSSNY Update 4-24-2020
Meningococcal Vaccine Podcast 2020 Update
MSSNY Update 4-17-2020
MSSNY Update 4-10-2020
Shingles Vaccine Podcast
MSSNY Update 4-3-2020
Pneumococcal Vaccines 2020 Update
MSSNY Update 3-27-2020
The Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19
MSSNY Update 3-20-2020
MSSNY Weekly Update 3-13-2020
Patient Information on COVID-19
Physician Information on COVID-19
Immunizations for Young Adults -2020
MSSNY Legislative Update March 6, 2020
MSSNY Legislative Update February 28, 2020
MSSNY Legislative Update February 14, 2020
MSSNY Legislative Update February 7, 2020
January 24, 2020 Legislative Podcast
TDaP Podcast 2020
January 17, 2020 Legislative Podcast
MSSNY Weekly Legislative Update January 3, 2020
Why Physicians Need to be in Albany March 4th 2020
Health Matters for Women: Fibromyalgia
Health Matters for Women: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
Health Matters for Women: Endometriosis
The Mental Health Needs of Women in the Military
6-21-2019 Weekly Legislative Update
6-14-2019 Weekly Legislative Update
6/7/2019 Weekly Legislative Update
2019 Measles Outbreak in New York State - Patient Information
05/31/2019 Weekly Legislative Update
Measles Outbreak 2019 Informational podcast
5-17-2019 Legislative Update
5-10-2019 Legislative Update
5-03-2019 Legislative Update
Military Culture: Forging an Alliance with Veteran Patients
4-26-2019 Legislative Update
Welcome MSSNY's new president, Dr. Art Fougner
Why Disaster Medicine is Every Physicians Specialty—A reflection on the need for public health preparedness
What Patients Need to Know about Zika
Zika Virus Podcast
Hepatitis B Vaccine
Pneumococcal Vaccine
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
Influenza Vaccines
Vaccines for Young Adults
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis Vaccines
Meningococcal Vaccine
Zoster (shingles) Vaccine