Legislative Position Papers –
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A.2061 – OBS Facility Fee Mandate
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 19, 2015 Re: A.2061 (Quart) AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to the registration of office-based surgery facilities and payments for the use thereof. The... Read more
S.4893/A.7208 – Medicaid Prescriber Prevails Provider Has Final Determination
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 5, 2015 Re: S.4893 (Hannon)/A.7208 (Gottfried) – An act to amend the social services law, in relation to prescriber determination prevailing in Medicaid Managed Care and to repeal... Read more
S.3419/A.2834 – Anti Step Therapy
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 5, 2015 Re: S.3419 (Young)/A.2834 (Titone) – An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the regulation of step therapy and first fail policies. This legislation, which... Read more
S.2530/A.6194 – Anti Mail Order Pharmacy Memo AND FTC letter on Mail Order Bill
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 5, 2015 Re: S.2530 (Golden)/A.6194(Joyner) – An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs. Download the PDF
Senate Budget on Office-Based Surgery Facility Fee
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION OFFICE-BASED SURGERY FACILITY FEE The New York Health Plan Association (HPA) opposes the Senate budget proposal that purports to allow office-based surgery sites to bill a “facility fee” for services provided. This... Read more
A.443-A – Credentialing
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 3, 2015 OPPOSITION Re: A.443-A (Gottfried) – AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation to certain application and referral forms for... Read more
A.2210 – HMO Contracts
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 2, 2015 Re: A.2210 (Gottfried) – AN ACT to amend the public health law and insurance law, in relation to certain contracts or agreements by health maintenance organizations... Read more
A.1932 – One-Year Access
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 2, 2015 Re: A.1932 (Dinowitz) AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the public health law, in relation to access to health care providers in managed care... Read more
S.3525-A.5062 – Single Payer
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 24, 2015 Re: A. 5062 (Gottfried)/S.3525 (Perkins) AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing New York Health. This... Read more
S.5015-B-A.3088-C – Limits the use of extrapolation in physician overpayments
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2014 Re: S.5015-B (Hannon)/A.3088-C (Lavine) AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to determination of overpayments to health care providers by extrapolation. The New York Health... Read more
S.7500-A-A.10091 – Third Party Payment of Premiums
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2014 Re: S.7500-A (Hannon)/A.10091 (Cahill) AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health insurers to accept third party payments for coverage. This legislation,... Read more
S.5937-A/A.8137-A — Ostomy Mandate
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 10, 2014 Re: S.5937-A (Valesky)/A.8137-A (Magnarelli) – AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to authorizing insurance coverage for equipment and supplies used for the treatment... Read more
S.7662-A/A.9943-A — Insurance Coverage for Substance Abuse Treatment
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 10, 2014 Re: A.9943-A (Cusick )/ S.7662-A (Seward) – AN ACT to amend the insurance and the public health law, in relation to requiring health insurance coverage for... Read more
S.2078-A/A.5389 — A New York Health (Single Payer)
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 7, 2014 Re: A. 5389-A (Gottfried)/S.2078-A (Perkins) AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing New York Health. This... Read more
S.3995-A/A.5723-A — Anti Mail Order Pharmacy
MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 7, 2014 Re: S.3995-A (Maziarz)/A.5723-A (Heastie) – An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs. This legislation, S.3995-A/A.5723-A, seeks to amend... Read more