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 best-known program for physician incentives is its Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program, which […]
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McGinley Elected WMS Board of Trustees President
CHEYENNE – Joseph McGinley, MD, PhD, will take over as the President of the Board of Trustees of The Wyoming Medical Society (WMS) on July 1, 2017. The WMS Board of Trustees is composed of executive officers and up to 16 county component society seats, who provide statewide representation. Retired physicians, physician assistants, residents, students […]
Wyoming Medicine Takes Top Honor in WPA Contest
CHEYENNE – Wyoming Medicine took home honors as the state’s top publication and for publishing the top magazine story in the Wyoming Press Association’s Associates Contest Friday night in Cheyenne. The Wyoming Press Association’s Association is the state’s membership organization for Wyoming newspapers. The Wyoming Press Association offers Associate membership to organization who also produce […]
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 […]