Physician Issue Priorities Survey for 2025 NYS Legislative Session

As MSSNY gears up for the 2025 New York State legislative session, we would love your input! To help inform our 2025 policy agenda, please take a few minutes to complete the following survey and tell us which of the issues included you think are most important to physicians right now.

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* 1. Which advocacy issues do you think should be most important to MSSNY in the upcoming 2025 legislative session in Albany? Please rank each of the following topics 1 through 5, with 5 being the most important and 1 being the least. Please only assign one ranking to each issue.

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Reforming the Prior Authorization process.	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 1	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 2	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 3	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 4	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 5
Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners.	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 1	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 2	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 3	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 4	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 5
Reducing liability costs for physicians.	Reducing liability costs for physicians. 1	Reducing liability costs for physicians. 2	Reducing liability costs for physicians. 3	Reducing liability costs for physicians. 4	Reducing liability costs for physicians. 5
Improving public health.	Improving public health. 1	Improving public health. 2	Improving public health. 3	Improving public health. 4	Improving public health. 5
Expanding patient health insurance coverage options.	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 1	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 2	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 3	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 4	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 5

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* 2. Which patient healthcare access issue area do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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Addressing hassles with health insurance companies.	Addressing hassles with health insurance companies. 1	Addressing hassles with health insurance companies. 2	Addressing hassles with health insurance companies. 3	Addressing hassles with health insurance companies. 4	Addressing hassles with health insurance companies. 5
Addressing physician burnout.	Addressing physician burnout. 1	Addressing physician burnout. 2	Addressing physician burnout. 3	Addressing physician burnout. 4	Addressing physician burnout. 5
Protecting the public from inappropriate scope-of-practice expansion.	Protecting the public from inappropriate scope-of-practice expansion. 1	Protecting the public from inappropriate scope-of-practice expansion. 2	Protecting the public from inappropriate scope-of-practice expansion. 3	Protecting the public from inappropriate scope-of-practice expansion. 4	Protecting the public from inappropriate scope-of-practice expansion. 5
Improving public health.	Improving public health. 1	Improving public health. 2	Improving public health. 3	Improving public health. 4	Improving public health. 5
Expanding patient health insurance coverage options.	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 1	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 2	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 3	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 4	Expanding patient health insurance coverage options. 5
Reducing Liability Costs	Reducing Liability Costs 1	Reducing Liability Costs 2	Reducing Liability Costs 3	Reducing Liability Costs 4	Reducing Liability Costs 5
Preventing government mandates.	Preventing government mandates. 1	Preventing government mandates. 2	Preventing government mandates. 3	Preventing government mandates. 4	Preventing government mandates. 5
Medicare payment reform.	Medicare payment reform. 1	Medicare payment reform. 2	Medicare payment reform. 3	Medicare payment reform. 4	Medicare payment reform. 5

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* 3. Which health insurance reform initiative do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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Permitting private practice physicians to engage in collective negotiations with insurance companies.	Permitting private practice physicians to engage in collective negotiations with insurance companies. 1	Permitting private practice physicians to engage in collective negotiations with insurance companies. 2	Permitting private practice physicians to engage in collective negotiations with insurance companies. 3	Permitting private practice physicians to engage in collective negotiations with insurance companies. 4	Permitting private practice physicians to engage in collective negotiations with insurance companies. 5
Reducing prior authorization hassles.	Reducing prior authorization hassles. 1	Reducing prior authorization hassles. 2	Reducing prior authorization hassles. 3	Reducing prior authorization hassles. 4	Reducing prior authorization hassles. 5
Addressing aberrant health insurer auditing practices.	Addressing aberrant health insurer auditing practices. 1	Addressing aberrant health insurer auditing practices. 2	Addressing aberrant health insurer auditing practices. 3	Addressing aberrant health insurer auditing practices. 4	Addressing aberrant health insurer auditing practices. 5
Ensuring timely payment.	Ensuring timely payment. 1	Ensuring timely payment. 2	Ensuring timely payment. 3	Ensuring timely payment. 4	Ensuring timely payment. 5
Reducing excessive medical record requests.	Reducing excessive medical record requests. 1	Reducing excessive medical record requests. 2	Reducing excessive medical record requests. 3	Reducing excessive medical record requests. 4	Reducing excessive medical record requests. 5
Expanded network adequacy and network participation protection.	Expanded network adequacy and network participation protection. 1	Expanded network adequacy and network participation protection. 2	Expanded network adequacy and network participation protection. 3	Expanded network adequacy and network participation protection. 4	Expanded network adequacy and network participation protection. 5
Consolidation of insurance companies.	Consolidation of insurance companies. 1	Consolidation of insurance companies. 2	Consolidation of insurance companies. 3	Consolidation of insurance companies. 4	Consolidation of insurance companies. 5

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* 4. Which medical liability reform step do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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Limiting the size of awards.	Limiting the size of awards. 1	Limiting the size of awards. 2	Limiting the size of awards. 3	Limiting the size of awards. 4	Limiting the size of awards. 5
Stronger expert witness standards.	Stronger expert witness standards. 1	Stronger expert witness standards. 2	Stronger expert witness standards. 3	Stronger expert witness standards. 4	Stronger expert witness standards. 5
Stronger certificate of merit standards.	Stronger certificate of merit standards. 1	Stronger certificate of merit standards. 2	Stronger certificate of merit standards. 3	Stronger certificate of merit standards. 4	Stronger certificate of merit standards. 5
Protecting peer review discussions from legal discovery.	Protecting peer review discussions from legal discovery. 1	Protecting peer review discussions from legal discovery. 2	Protecting peer review discussions from legal discovery. 3	Protecting peer review discussions from legal discovery. 4	Protecting peer review discussions from legal discovery. 5
Creation of alternative dispute mechanisms for malpractice cases.	Creation of alternative dispute mechanisms for malpractice cases. 1	Creation of alternative dispute mechanisms for malpractice cases. 2	Creation of alternative dispute mechanisms for malpractice cases. 3	Creation of alternative dispute mechanisms for malpractice cases. 4	Creation of alternative dispute mechanisms for malpractice cases. 5
Preventing against further liability expansion.	Preventing against further liability expansion. 1	Preventing against further liability expansion. 2	Preventing against further liability expansion. 3	Preventing against further liability expansion. 4	Preventing against further liability expansion. 5

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* 5. Which NYS Budget Funding initiative do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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Ensuring continued funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH).	Ensuring continued funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 1	Ensuring continued funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 2	Ensuring continued funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 3	Ensuring continued funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 4	Ensuring continued funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 5
Increased funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program.	Increased funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 1	Increased funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 2	Increased funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 3	Increased funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 4	Increased funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 5
Expand subsidized health insurance coverage programs.	Expand subsidized health insurance coverage programs. 1	Expand subsidized health insurance coverage programs. 2	Expand subsidized health insurance coverage programs. 3	Expand subsidized health insurance coverage programs. 4	Expand subsidized health insurance coverage programs. 5
Continued/expanded funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program.	Continued/expanded funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 1	Continued/expanded funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 2	Continued/expanded funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 3	Continued/expanded funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 4	Continued/expanded funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 5
Increases in Medicaid payment levels.	Increases in Medicaid payment levels. 1	Increases in Medicaid payment levels. 2	Increases in Medicaid payment levels. 3	Increases in Medicaid payment levels. 4	Increases in Medicaid payment levels. 5

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* 6. Which Public Health initiative do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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Protecting reproductive health care access.	Protecting reproductive health care access. 1	Protecting reproductive health care access. 2	Protecting reproductive health care access. 3	Protecting reproductive health care access. 4	Protecting reproductive health care access. 5
Ensuring firearm safety.	Ensuring firearm safety. 1	Ensuring firearm safety. 2	Ensuring firearm safety. 3	Ensuring firearm safety. 4	Ensuring firearm safety. 5
Promoting immunizations for various non-Covid communicable diseases.	Promoting immunizations for various non-Covid communicable diseases. 1	Promoting immunizations for various non-Covid communicable diseases. 2	Promoting immunizations for various non-Covid communicable diseases. 3	Promoting immunizations for various non-Covid communicable diseases. 4	Promoting immunizations for various non-Covid communicable diseases. 5
Promoting immunizations for COVID-19.	Promoting immunizations for COVID-19. 1	Promoting immunizations for COVID-19. 2	Promoting immunizations for COVID-19. 3	Promoting immunizations for COVID-19. 4	Promoting immunizations for COVID-19. 5
Addressing health care disparities.	Addressing health care disparities. 1	Addressing health care disparities. 2	Addressing health care disparities. 3	Addressing health care disparities. 4	Addressing health care disparities. 5
Addressing the opioid crisis.	Addressing the opioid crisis. 1	Addressing the opioid crisis. 2	Addressing the opioid crisis. 3	Addressing the opioid crisis. 4	Addressing the opioid crisis. 5
Protecting end of life care options for patients.	Protecting end of life care options for patients. 1	Protecting end of life care options for patients. 2	Protecting end of life care options for patients. 3	Protecting end of life care options for patients. 4	Protecting end of life care options for patients. 5

Physician Issue Priorities Survey for 2025 NYS Legislative Session

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* 1. Which advocacy issues do you think should be most important to MSSNY in the upcoming 2025 legislative session in Albany? Please rank each of the following topics 1 through 5, with 5 being the most important and 1 being the least. Please only assign one ranking to each issue.

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* 2. Which patient healthcare access issue area do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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* 3. Which health insurance reform initiative do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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* 4. Which medical liability reform step do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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* 5. Which NYS Budget Funding initiative do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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* 6. Which Public Health initiative do you think should matter most to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance with 1 being the least important, 3 being of moderate importance and 5 being the most important.

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* 7. Please share any comments you may have.