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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