By Tom Lacock – Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – “I’m still basically a farm boy,” Wes Hiser says as he leans back in his office chair, feet extended and legs crossed. Here sits the Godfather of the specialty outreach clinic in Wyoming in a dress shirt and brown Ariat boots — with no embroidery to […]
Month: April 2015
Patient Centered Medical Homes Popping Up
The Blue Cross Blue Shield PCMH model is shown above. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – While the concept isn t new, the high profile afforded to Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) by the Affordable Care Act is. PCMHs are being embraced by practices that say they have done this work for years, […]
Direct Primary Care Begins to Take Hold in Wyoming
Kristina Behringer, MD stands in the exam room of her office in Cheyenne. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE — In an industry so dominated by insurance companies, a form of primary care without insurance administration is beginning to gain popularity as two more physicians have recently opened Direct Primary Care (DPC) practices in […]