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2021 MSMS LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY PLATFORM
The following provides an overview of some of the top issues that comprise the MSMS legislative and regulatory advocacy platform in 2021. These are the ongoing issues we are monitoring annually on behalf of our 15,000 physician members.
Insurance and Regulatory Advocacy
Support mental health parity
Advocate for adequately sized physician networks
Regulate narrow networks
Ensure appropriate access to telemedicine
Advocate regulation of silent PPO/rental networks
Reduce unnecessary administrative costs
Ensure payment and service parity for telemedicine
Public Health and Prevention
Restore Michigan’s helmet law
Support vaccine availability and oppose efforts to weaken Michigan’s vaccine laws
Reduce prescription drug diversion
Promote policies advancing health equity goals
Reduce childhood environmental hazards
Support efforts to reduce unintended pregnancies
Support school-based nutrition and exercise standards
Reduce gun violence through health screening, patient counseling and expanded access to mental health services
Professional Liability
Preserve existing tort reforms
Advocate for higher negligence thresholds in medical liability cases
Eliminate the lost opportunity doctrine
Restore legislative intent of tort reforms related to meaningful caps on non- economic damages
Restore legislative intent of tort reforms related to court rules and procedures to level the playing field for physicians
Seek pilot projects of medical courts and other non-judicial alternatives to the tort system
Medicaid
Seek funding parity with Medicare
Oppose taxes that are limited only to physicians
Seek funding sources that are fair and sustainable
Support state funding for the Healthy Michigan Plan
Ensure access to physician-directed care
Insurance Contracting Reform
Limit retroactive audit timeframes Support adequate disclosure of fee screens
Support appeals process that includes independent reviews
Prohibit down-coding in purposes of determining medical necessity
Physician Supply and Training
Increase graduate medical education funding at state level
Minimize burden of medical school debt
Scope of Practice
Support education over legislation as the means of increasing scope of practice
Oppose independent prescriptive authority by non-physicians
Support the physician-led, team-based approach to health car
Support patient right-to-know/health professional credentials disclosure
Advocate for liability relief for legislatively mandated standards of practice
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