Year: 2015
Resolution Number: 14
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status:
Author(s): Ryan Miyamoto, MD
Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: C (Internal Affairs, Constitution and Bylaws [2014-On]
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS, in order to accommodate the expected increase in the number of patients entering the Medicaid system, encourage Michigan physicians to view the care of Medicaid beneficiaries as part of their social responsibility and for physicians to share in that responsibility by maintaining their current Medicaid caseloads or by considering an increase in Medicaid capacity to a level appropriate to their practice versus closing their practice entirely to this patient population; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS reinforce the need to expand the number of residency positions across a variety of specialties to allow an increased number of physicians-in-training and, ultimately, fully trained physicians who stay in the state to care for the expected increased number of patients entering the Medicaid system; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS ask the Michigan Legislature to explore other models of state-funded medical care for the Medicaid-eligible population such as Indiana’s implementation of a health savings account model for Medicaid coverage; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the 2015 MSMS House of Delegates reaffirm existing MSMS policy, Equitable Medicaid Reimbursement, that supports an increase in Medicaid reimbursement “to a level that covers physician and hospital costs.”
RESOLVED: That MSMS, in order to accommodate the expected increase in the number of patients entering the Medicaid system, encourage Michigan physicians to view the care of Medicaid beneficiaries as part of their social responsibility and for physicians to share in that responsibility by maintaining their current Medicaid caseloads or by considering an increase in Medicaid capacity to a level appropriate to their practice versus closing their practice entirely to this patient population; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS reinforce the need to expand the number of residency positions across a variety of specialties to allow an increased number of physicians-in-training and, ultimately, fully trained physicians who stay in the state to care for the expected increased number of patients entering the Medicaid system; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS ask the Michigan Legislature to explore other models of state-funded medical care for the Medicaid-eligible population such as Indiana’s implementation of a health savings account model for Medicaid coverage; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the 2015 MSMS House of Delegates reaffirm existing MSMS policy, Equitable Medicaid Reimbursement, that supports an increase in Medicaid reimbursement “to a level that covers physician and hospital costs.”
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Physician Care for Michigan's Increased Medicaid Population
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