http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/bbb18a593a783008ed09d0fd78cf649c.pdf af7a075c381f1fce4db7ce5c11dbb8af PDF Text Text July 24, 1991 Honorable Daniel Moynihan U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Moynihan, As a psychiatrist with more experience, I am writing with regard than 40 years of professional to the progressive deterioration in medical care in our nation. effects of the Great Society legislation been have not on medical care salutary, and the present considerations RBRVS HCFA fee schedules for Medicare for psychiatry will make of by matters considerably worse. The guidelines provide inadequate payment for practitioners for all psychiatric services to the elderly. Because these guidelines will become the standard for all insurers, the impact on psychiatric care throughout the nation will be negative. Psychiatrists have been among the less paid members of our profession, and instead of improving the availability of psychiatric treatment, the proposed regulations will make care even more limited The proposed than it is. Are you aware that various psychiatric treatments are not available in our State for the patients of the Office of Mental Health? For example, convulsive therapy is an effective and safe therapy (see NIH Consensus Conference report, 1985) which is available only in academic and private hospitals and the few academic affiliated hospitals of OMH. Under the present regulations, this effective treatment will be even less available. urge you to vote to eliminate the 50% copayment for psychiatric services, and to improve the proposed MFS for psychiatric I treatment. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely yours, Max Fink, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence to: Moynihan, Hon. Daniel Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context mfp-05-00-032-3-080 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a title="Fink, Max, 1923-" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79039548" target="_blank">Fink, Max, 1923-</a> Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence -- Correspondence Relation A related resource The Max Fink Collection Description An account of the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/" target="_blank">IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York). Language A language of the resource en-US Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Correspondence