𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐞.
Our delegates spent yesterday in reference committees defending resolutions written by KCMS physicians. Today they take them to the floor.

What passes here becomes policy and our lobbying team carries into the next legislative session.

#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
When a clinical AI tool gets it wrong, the liability can land on the physician who used it. KCMS wrote a resolution to modernize product liability
#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #HealthcareAI #MedicalLiability

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲
Medicaid patients face the longest waits and have the fewest options when care is denied. KCMS wrote a resolution setting prior authorization safeguards and transparency standards
#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #AppleHealth #Medicaid

𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
Shadowing is one of the first doors into medicine, and it is hardest to open for students without family connections. KCMS members wrote a resolution to expand shadowing opportunities
#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #PreMed

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭
Medical debt is the one kind of debt almost nobody chooses. KCMS members wrote a resolution to limit the interest that turns a single hospital bill into a balance a family carries for years.
#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #MedicalDebt

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰
Washington passed prior authorization reform. KCMS members wrote a resolution to close the gaps left open in SB 5395, because a law that insurers can work around is not protection.

#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #PriorAuth

𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲
KCMS members wrote a resolution supporting limits on cell phone use in Washington schools so kids get the school day back. Carried forward by our delegates and our lobbying team in Olympia

#WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #BellToBell #ScreenTime

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Insurers are using AI to decide what care is medically necessary. KCMS members wrote a resolution requiring state oversight of those systems.

#KCMS #KingCountyMedicalSociety #WashingtonPhysicians #PhysicianAdvocacy #HealthcareAI