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2025 Health Care Delivery Snapshot
In 2025, MSMS advanced physician interests through advocacy, collaboration, and direct support on payer, legal, and regulatory issues.
- MSMS submitted 12 letters, individually or jointly, to federal and state legislators and regulators on issues including Medicare payment, Medicaid funding, telehealth, physician-owned hospitals, downcoding policies, out-of-network care, substance use disorder home health, ACA premium tax credits, immunizations, and medical student loans.
- MSMS held over 20 meetings with insurers throughout the year, including BCBSM/BCN, HAP, Meridian, Molina, Priority Health, Medicaid, and Medicare.
- MSMS represented physicians on numerous committees and at key meetings, including the Medicaid Advisory Committee, Community Information Exchange Advisory Committee, MiHIMSS, Michigan Chronic Disease Registry Advisory Board, Immunization BASIC, Michigan Welcome Back Centers Implementation Meeting, Solutions Summit, and BCBSM PGIP quarterly meetings.
- MSMS engaged in collaborative partnerships with organizations such as CPAN, the Coalition of State Medical Associations, Protect MI Care Coalition, Michigan Alliance for Legal Reform, Keep MI Kids Tobacco Free Alliance, and the Michigan Healthcare Stakeholders Opioid Stewardship Consortium.
- MSMS created two new legal alerts—What Physicians Need to Know About Immigration Enforcement at Medical Offices and Facilities and Creditors’ Rights for Medical Practices Following Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing—and updated the MSMS HIPAA Guide.
The Health Care Delivery team is committed to supporting physicians through payer advocacy, practice support, and legal and regulatory resources. MSMS actively pursues physician rights in every forum and provides access to a wide range of legal tools to help members address challenges that threaten their practices and patient care.