MSSNY Physician Issue Priorities Survey for 2026 NYS Legislative Session

As MSSNY gears up for the 2026 New York State legislative session, we would appreciate your input! To help guide our 2026 policy agenda, please take a few minutes to complete the following survey and tell us how important the various issues are to physicians and MSSNY.

Note: The first question is rank order, and questions 2 through 5 are of degree of importance.

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* 1. Which advocacy issues do you think should be most important to MSSNY in the upcoming 2026 legislative session in Albany? Please rank each of the following topics 1 through 7, with 7 being the most important and 1 being the least.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process.	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 1	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 2	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 3	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 4	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 5	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 6	Maintaining access to the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. 7
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	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 6	Reforming the Prior Authorization process. 7
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	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 6	Preventing scope-of-practice expansion by non-physician practitioners. 7
Tort reform.	Tort reform. 1	Tort reform. 2	Tort reform. 3	Tort reform. 4	Tort reform. 5	Tort reform. 6	Tort reform. 7
Improving public health.	Improving public health. 1	Improving public health. 2	Improving public health. 3	Improving public health. 4	Improving public health. 5	Improving public health. 6	Improving public health. 7
Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance.	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 1	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 2	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 3	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 4	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 5	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 6	Ensuring patient access to health insurance coverage options like Medicaid and other publicly funded health insurance. 7
Medicare Payment reform	Medicare Payment reform 1	Medicare Payment reform 2	Medicare Payment reform 3	Medicare Payment reform 4	Medicare Payment reform 5	Medicare Payment reform 6	Medicare Payment reform 7

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* 2. How important should the following patient healthcare access and physician practice issues be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

	1	2	3	4	5
Reducing prior authorization and other administrative hassles.	Reducing prior authorization and other administrative hassles. 1	Reducing prior authorization and other administrative hassles. 2	Reducing prior authorization and other administrative hassles. 3	Reducing prior authorization and other administrative hassles. 4	Reducing prior authorization and other administrative hassles. 5
Ensuring continued payment parity for telehealth-delivered services.	Ensuring continued payment parity for telehealth-delivered services. 1	Ensuring continued payment parity for telehealth-delivered services. 2	Ensuring continued payment parity for telehealth-delivered services. 3	Ensuring continued payment parity for telehealth-delivered services. 4	Ensuring continued payment parity for telehealth-delivered services. 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 and reducing excessive medical record requests.	Ensuring timely payment and reducing excessive medical record requests. 1	Ensuring timely payment and reducing excessive medical record requests. 2	Ensuring timely payment and reducing excessive medical record requests. 3	Ensuring timely payment and reducing excessive medical record requests. 4	Ensuring timely payment and reducing excessive medical record requests. 5
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
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

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* 3. How important should the following medical liability reform issues be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

	1	2	3	4	5
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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* 4. How important should the following NYS Budget Funding initiatives be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

	1	2	3	4	5
Protect funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program.	Protect funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 1	Protect funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 2	Protect funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 3	Protect funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 4	Protect funding for the Doctors Across NYS (DANYS) student loan repayment program. 5
Protect public health insurance coverage programs like Medicaid and other public health insurance.	Protect public health insurance coverage programs like Medicaid and other public health insurance. 1	Protect public health insurance coverage programs like Medicaid and other public health insurance. 2	Protect public health insurance coverage programs like Medicaid and other public health insurance. 3	Protect public health insurance coverage programs like Medicaid and other public health insurance. 4	Protect public health insurance coverage programs like Medicaid and other public health insurance. 5
Protect funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program.	Protect funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 1	Protect funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 2	Protect funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 3	Protect funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 4	Protect funding for the Excess Medical Liability Insurance Program. 5
Protect eligibility for the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program.	Protect eligibility for the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program. 1	Protect eligibility for the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program. 2	Protect eligibility for the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program. 3	Protect eligibility for the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program. 4	Protect eligibility for the Healthcare Worker Bonus Program. 5
Protect funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH).	Protect funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 1	Protect funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 2	Protect funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 3	Protect funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 4	Protect funding for MSSNY’s Committee for Physicians’ Health (CPH). 5

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* 5. How important should the following Public Health initiatives be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

	1	2	3	4	5
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 communicable diseases.	Promoting immunizations for communicable diseases. 1	Promoting immunizations for communicable diseases. 2	Promoting immunizations for communicable diseases. 3	Promoting immunizations for communicable diseases. 4	Promoting immunizations for communicable diseases. 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
Promoting widespread screening and ensuring coverage for treatable diseases and medical conditions.	Promoting widespread screening and ensuring coverage for treatable diseases and medical conditions. 1	Promoting widespread screening and ensuring coverage for treatable diseases and medical conditions. 2	Promoting widespread screening and ensuring coverage for treatable diseases and medical conditions. 3	Promoting widespread screening and ensuring coverage for treatable diseases and medical conditions. 4	Promoting widespread screening and ensuring coverage for treatable diseases and medical conditions. 5

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* 6. Are you a member of MSSNY’s leadership? (e.g., Councilor, Delegate, Officer, Committee Chair etc...)

Yes

MSSNY Physician Issue Priorities Survey for 2026 NYS Legislative Session

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* 1. Which advocacy issues do you think should be most important to MSSNY in the upcoming 2026 legislative session in Albany? Please rank each of the following topics 1 through 7, with 7 being the most important and 1 being the least.

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* 2. How important should the following patient healthcare access and physician practice issues be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

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* 3. How important should the following medical liability reform issues be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

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* 4. How important should the following NYS Budget Funding initiatives be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

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* 5. How important should the following Public Health initiatives be to MSSNY? Please grade each of the following topics to the degree of their importance, with 1 being of little importance, 3 being of moderate importance, and 5 being of great importance.

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* 6. Are you a member of MSSNY’s leadership? (e.g., Councilor, Delegate, Officer, Committee Chair etc...)

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* 7. Please share any comments you may have.