Events, Conferences, and Announcements for November 27

Each week the Wyoming Medical Society receives a number of webinar, CME, and other conference opportunities which we share with our members without endorsement. Messages and announcements Stephen Brown, MBA, MD, Rob Monger, MD, and Sheila Bush were in Atlanta recently for the American Medical Association’s Interim Meeting. Click here to read Dr. Brown’s report […]


An Update On WINHealth

The receivership partner administering WINhealth for the Wyoming State Insurance Commissioner Tom Glause told the WMS this week that progress towards bringing WINhealth towards liquidation is going smoothly. The State Insurance Commissioner was granted a court order to place WINHealth into receivership on Oct. 21 and has been effectively running WINhealth ever since with its […]


Progesterone Survey for Wyoming Providers

The Women and Infant Health Program at the Wyoming Department of Health is focusing on prevention of preterm birth as part of our efforts to reduce infant mortality. We are conducting a survey of Wyoming providers to learn about the use of progesterone therapy, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), to prevent recurrent preterm delivery (in women with […]


Wyoming Medicaid Encourages Providers to Begin Re-Enrollment Immediately

By Wyoming Department of Health With implementation of ICD-10 now in the state’s rear view, for the time being, Wyoming Medicaid is intensely focused on the second of its three major provider initiatives – mandatory re-enrollment. Based on a provision included in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid programs across the […]


Natrona County Medical Society Hosts Insurance Forum

By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CASPER – Despite cold temperatures and a winter storm bearing down on Central Wyoming, nearly 70 physicians, legislators, insurance executives, and facility directors took part in an insurance forum at The Petroleum Club in Casper, Tuesday. “I thought it went great,” McGinley said after the event. “I think we […]


Events, Conferences, and Announcements for November 13

Each week the Wyoming Medical Society receives a number of webinar, CME, and other conference opportunities which we share with our members without endorsement. Messages and Announcements The United States Department of Health and Human Services released a state specific fact sheet for Wyoming consumers regarding open enrollment, as well as a Health Insurance Marketplace […]


Attorney General Says Provider Agreements In Effect

Wyoming Medical Society (WMS) has spent the last two weeks working on coordination with the State Insurance Commissioner and the receivership partners at WINhealth asking those groups for assurances on continued payment as well as questions on the validity of provider agreements. Here is what we know as of Nov. 2. Providers receiving assurances for […]


Events, Conferences, and Announcements for November 2

Each week the Wyoming Medical Society receives a number of webinar, CME, and other conference opportunities which we share with our members without endorsement. Announcements Jeff Morris, a third year medical student and a research fellow at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine is conducting a survey to examine knowledge and current use of […]