Volume 77 Number 4
Focus on Advocacy
Broadly speaking, advocacy is the act of publicly supporting or recommending a cause, policy or group to influence decisions and promote change. From an NYSSA perspective, advocacy can be defined as the strategic effort to influence policymakers in support of physician-led anesthesia care and initiatives that uphold patient safety.
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Collaboration with the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
“Over the years, the NYSSA advocacy team—led by Stuart Hayman, Lisa ONeill, Bob Reid and I—have developed and benefited from a long and constructive relationship with Moe Auster, Senior Vice President and Chief Legislative Counsel for the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and his Albany based team.”
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Legislative Update
The NYSSA’s in-person Advocacy Day was held in Albany on May 13, 2025 and included 65 members representing every NYSSA district.
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Legislative Update
In my last Legislative Update, I summarized cases of patient harm and anesthesia-related deaths at two California hospitals that utilized nurse anesthetists as their primary anesthesia providers. This led to a CMS investigation, a finding of “immediate jeopardy”, and the loss of accreditation at both hospitals because they allowed nurse anesthetists to administer anesthesia beyond the scope of their authority and with inadequate credentialing procedures.
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Legislative Update
In my last Legislative Update, I summarized cases of patient harm and anesthesia-related deaths at two California hospitals that utilized nurse anesthetists as their primary anesthesia providers. This led to a CMS investigation, a finding of “immediate jeopardy”, and the loss of accreditation at both hospitals because they allowed nurse anesthetists to administer anesthesia beyond the scope of their authority and with inadequate credentialing procedures.
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Legislative Update
Two California Hospitals Face the Consequences of Allowing Nurse Anesthetists to Practice Unsupervised Reports of patient harm and anesthesia-related deaths led to the loss of CMS accreditation for two California hospitals that allowed nurse anesthetists to practice unsupervised. The California Department of Health’s investigations of the two hospitals resulted in a finding of “immediate jeopardy” […]
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Legislative Update
NYSSA’s 39th Annual Legislative Day The NYSSA’s in-person Legislative Day was held on May 7, 2024, and included 50 members representing every NYSSA district. We greatly appreciate the efforts of these dedicated individuals. Based on the strong participation of our members, we were able to schedule appointments with or to drop off materials to various […]
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Legislative Update
On December 19, 2023, various New York Assembly standing committees conducted a joint hearing on the status of the healthcare workforce in New York state.
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