Announcements Just in time for tick season, CDC has developed updated guidelines for healthcare providers, epidemiologists, and public health practitioners in the United States on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of tickborne rickettsial diseases. The updated guidelines include descriptions of the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, current methodologies for laboratory confirmation, and prevention practices. Guidelines have been […]
Year: 2016
WMS Annual Meeting Just a Week Away
CHEYENNE – There is just one week left before the Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park. This year, 25 presenters will take their time in front of WMS membership discussing everything from Proton Pump Inhibitors to a session on how to work as a medical consultant on […]
An Open Letter from the AMA President Regarding Opioids
AMA President Steve J. Stack, MD By Steven J. Stack Emergency physician and the 170th president of the American Medical Association The medical profession must play a lead role in reversing the opioid epidemic that, far too often, has started from a prescription pad. For the past 20 years, public policies – well-intended but now […]
MACRA Rulemaking Takes Center Stage in Washington
James Bush, MD (left) and Mike Tracy, MD visited the state’s congressional delegation last week as part of The American College of Physician’s Leadership Day. MACRA was a common theme throughout the day. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – Talk to anyone in state or federal government long enough and you will hear […]
The National Practitioner Data Bank Updates
CHEYENNE – The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a manual developed by the federal government to provide guidance on NPDB-related requirements. The Guidebook was first published in 2001, and remained unchanged until 2015. Physicians should be aware that the recent revisions to the NPDB Guidebook make several important changes to the NPDB’s interpretation of hospital’s NPDB obligations, recommending that hospitals and other […]
Events, Conferences, and Announcements for May 20
Each week the Wyoming Medical Society receives a number of webinar, CME, and other conference opportunities which we share with our members without endorsement. This week’s list includes: Announcements The Wyoming Medicare Medical Director from Noridian Healthcare Solutions, Dr. Charles Haley, would like to meet with any physician to answer any Medicare related questions from […]
Powell’s Tracy Named WMS Physician of The Year
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Medical Society (WMS) named Mike Tracy, MD, FAAP, FACP as its 2016 Wyoming Physician of the Year today. Tracy is a pioneer in the field of direct primary care, which he practices in Powell with Dr. Bob Chandler at 307Health. Direct primary care (DPC) is a type of primary care billing […]
Bartholomew Takes Part in Panel Discussion For US Senate
Saratoga physician and Wyoming Medical Society Past President Dean Bartholomew, MD was part of a panel discussion at the US Senate’s Rural Health Caucus and National Quality Forum (NQF) on Tuesday, April 19. The event featured NQF’s Rural Health Committee report on the changing role of rural providers and the recommendation that these providers participate […]
Events, Conferences, and Announcements for April 22
Each week the Wyoming Medical Society receives a number of webinar, CME, and other conference opportunities which we share with our members without endorsement. This week’s list includes: Announcements The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health, and Human Services Committee will meet April 28-29 at Casper College. A very robust agenda includes time to discuss State-owned […]
Changes Coming to Wyoming’s Title 25 Process
By Kerry Drake For The Wyoming Medical Society The number of people experiencing a mental health crisis who are a danger to themselves or others has been skyrocketing every year in Wyoming. So has the cost of involuntarily hospitalizing these patients. State lawmakers and mental health care officials combined their efforts in 2015 to find […]