Insurance Commissioner Offers Assurances of WINHealth Payments
WMS remains unclear regarding provider agreements By Tom Lacock The Wyoming Medical Society (WMS) met with representatives from the Wyoming Department of Insurance today in Cheyenne to discuss the evolving situation with WINhealth and seek assurances of payments for...
Membership Notes for October 20
State’s Deputy Insurance Commissioner Weighs in on WINhealth Decision to Leave Individual Marketplace By Tom Lacock, WMS Communications Director CHEYENNE – Wyoming’s Deputy Insurance Commissioner Jeffrey Rude met with The Wyoming Medical Society’s Board of...
What Does the Closure of WINhealth Mean for Providers?
Editor’s Note: The Wyoming Medical Society spoke with Denise Burke of the Wyoming Department of Insurance on Oct. 21 and 22 and files the following report. However, the Wyoming Medical Society’s legal counsel is still digesting the template provider...
Events, Conferences, and Announcements for October 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. Webinars and Conferences Mountain Pacific Quality Care offers a webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from...
Membership Notes for October 10
The Wyoming Department of Health has released a weekly email regarding statistics on Medicaid ICD-10 implementation, claims processing and payment. In its first update on Oct. 2, Medicaid said as of 4 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, the WY Medicaid claims processing system...
Events, Conferences, and Announcements for October 10
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: HITECH Answers offers a webinar called The Current and Future State of...
Events, Conferences, and Announcements for October 10
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: HITECH Answers offers a webinar called The Current and Future State of...
Wyoming Medicaid
Wyoming elected officials are facing the first of many anticipated healthcare policy challenges with the question of whether or not to expand the Medicaid program in Wyoming. Expanding would mean creating a new category of eligibility, and increasing the income...
Hiser Named 2015 Wyoming Medical Society Physician of The Year
CHEYENNE – Casper physician Dr. Wes Hiser has been named the Wyoming Physician of The Year by the Wyoming Medical Society this week and will receive his award during the organization’s Annual Meeting at Jackson Lake Lodge June 6. Hiser owns a reputation as...
September Is Healthy Vision Month
The American Academy of Ophthalmology and The Wyoming Ophthalmological Society are reminding adults to start the fight against age-related vision loss early – long before they reach the golden years. An estimated 43 million Americans will face vision loss or...