Cigna Joins Friends of the WMS Program
Kim Bimestefer, President of Cigna Mountain States, reacts to a statement made by Cigna’s Medical Director for the Mountain States region, Dr. Mark Laitos at a Natrona County Medical Society Meeting in Nov. Cigna Holds Over 30 Percent of The Wyoming Commercial Market...
WY Quality Counts Update
2015 is almost over. Make sure you’re set for another year of exciting developments in your child’s brain and body with more than 100 easy and engaging activities in the 2016 WYQC calendar! This year’s theme, “When I Grow Up”, explores a different career every month...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...