WWAMI Admissions Committee
Interested in playing an instrumental role in supporting the future of Wyoming medicine? Serving on the University of Washington School of Medicine Wyoming-WWAMI Admissions Committee is a wonderful way to do that. WMS is accepting applications for any physician member...
WMS Announces 2019 State Physician of the Year
CONTACT: Whitney Harmon 307-635-2424 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 3, 2019 Wyoming Doctors Name Statewide Physician of the Year Casper Psychiatrist to be honored with 2019...
2019 WMS and WAPA Annual Meeting
WMS is returning to the Jackson Lake Lodge this summer for our annual conference and exhibition. We are thrilled to be partnering with the Wyoming Association of Physician Assistants as well as other prominent Wyoming specialty societies, such as the Wyoming...
Opioid Addiction
Opioids continue to be a topic of heated debate across the country and here in Wyoming. The Wyoming Medical Society is ensuring that the physician perspective is top-of-mind for state lawmakers as they work to find and create solutions for Wyomingites. WMS Opioid Task...
GAGME Launches New Residency Program
****For Immediate Release*** GAGME Launches New Residency Program Dedicated to Putting Paperwork First. –New Residency Program Elevates Paperwork to Its Rightful Status– Clark, WY – (April 1, 2018)- The Group Association for Graduate Medical...
2018 Annual Meeting
CHANGES COMING TO WMS ANNUAL MEETING IN 2018 Big changes are coming to the Wyoming Medical Society’s marquee event of the year. On June 1 at Jackson Lake Lodge, the WMS Board of Trustees voted to change the organization’s Annual Meeting from a three-day summer event...
WMS Develops Physician Leadership Program
The Wyoming Medical Society has received a $150,000 grant from The Physician Foundation to fund a leadership program for Wyoming physicians. The program will allow a cohort of between 15-and-20 Wyoming physicians to take part in the program each year. The inaugural...
Medicaid to Pay Telehealth Visits Originating from Home
By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society Wyoming Medicaid Medical Director James Bush, MD says he hopes by the end of summer all the pieces will be put in place to allow the state to pay for telehealth visits by Wyoming Medicaid patients which originate from the...
Wyoming Medicaid Offers Provider Incentives for Program Participation
By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society The Wyoming Department of Health, Medicaid Division has developed three programs in an attempt to make their own programs more efficient and share some of that savings with Wyoming doctors. Perhaps The Department of Health’s...
Wyoming Residencies Attempt to Address Burnout Early
By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society Research suggests physician burnout begins in medical school and seems to really impact future physicians as residents. The University of Wyoming’s Family Medicine Residency Program in Casper is doing something about it. “Our...