The final New York State Budget includes $100 million in wins for physicians:

• Increased Medicaid reimbursements

• Funding for loan repayment and primary care programs

• Required the 16,000 physicians with Excess Medical Malpractice Insurance coverage to pay 50% of the cost of the coverage, which would have imposed $40 million in new costs on these physicians. 

• Permitted numerous physician assistants to practice without appropriate physician supervision. 

• Eliminated the right of physicians to appeal underpayments from Medicaid Managed Care plans to New York’s Independent Dispute Resolution system.

Learn more: Read MSSNY’s Budget Summary