By Sheila Bush Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – The final meeting of the interim for any Legislative subcommittee is frenzied as the committee convenes for the last time of the year and decides which bills to sponsor before the start of the upcoming session. Making this week’s Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services meeting in […]
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Events, Conferences, and Announcements for December 17
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 Ever wonder how Doctors get elected to Congress or your state legislature? Considering a run for office for yourself? Join The AMPAC February 17-19 at the AMPAC […]
Title XXV and Mental Health Have their Day at JLHSS
By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – It was a packed house during the Joint Labor Health and Social Services Committee meeting in Cheyenne on Tuesday as the incoming legislators and committee members joined the current committee members who were attending their final meeting on the committee. Tuesday morning saw Title 25 front-and-center with […]
Wyoming Medicaid Changes Pre-Authorization Rules for Some Procedures
By Wyoming Medical Society Staff CHEYENNE – Wyoming Medicaid has changed some rules as it relates to pre-authorizations for pediatric procedures. According to Sheree Nall, CPC of the Wyoming Department of Health, effective Sept. 1, 2016, removal of skin tags and benign lesions will no longer require prior authorization. The codes included are 11200-11201, 11300-11312, […]
State Employees Health Insurance Group Institutes Disappointing Changes
Ralph Hayes is the Director of the State Employees Health Group Insurance. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – State Employees in Wyoming have a few changes coming to their health insurance starting in 2017 with two of the changes being of concern to the Wyoming Medical Society. According to the Sept. 2016 edition […]
Notes from the AAP Meeting
Benard P Dreyer, MD, FAAP President and Karen Remley, MD, FAAP, Executive Vice President/CEO of the AAP sent members a letter based on actions taken at the Oct. Board of Directors Meeting. We are writing to inform you of important actions taken at the October 20-21, 2016 Board of Directors meeting. 1. In response to a […]
Events, Conferences, and Announcements November 14, 2016
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 As Legislative Subcommittees go, the Task Force on Department of Health Facilities has been as active as any we have seen in years. Chairman Lloyd Larson […]
UW Family Practice Residency Study Presented by Wyoming Department of Health
The University of Wyoming’s Family Practice Residency in Casper and the residency in Cheyenne have been examined by The Wyoming Department of Health. The Department of Health released that study this week to the Joint Appropriations Committee of the Wyoming Legislature in Casper on Monday. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – The Wyoming […]
Wyoming Department of Health Presents on Multi-Payer Claims Database
By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – The much-discussed concept of a Multi-Payer Claims Data Database was center stage during the Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) meeting in Casper on Monday. The JAC heard the findings of a study performed by the Wyoming Department of Health, which studied both a voluntary multi-payer claims database and; […]
State’s Financial Future Seems Bleak
Members of the State Leglsiature’s Joint Appropriations Committee Listen to testimony on Oct. 22 during its meeting in Casper. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – Don Richards, the co-chair of the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group (CREG), which offers estimates of future state budgeting, presented his estimate of state revenues to the Wyoming Legislature’s […]