Joint Labor Covers Data Security, MPCD, and CHIP

Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services Co-Chair Senator Charles Scott (R-Casper) speaks to his committee during last week’s Committee meeting in Casper.  By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society There was no lack of discussion or spirit to last week’s Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services Subcommittee meeting in Casper. The committee of Wyoming lawmakers who […]


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 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; […]


Providers Set to Lose 3.3 Percent of Medicaid Reimbursement

By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – Wyoming providers can soon expect reduced Medicaid reimbursement according to Wyoming Department of Health Director Tom Forslund. According to the Wyoming Department of Health, the provider reimbursement proposed by Forslund today will go into effect, July 1. Forslund announced a reduction in Medicaid reimbursement of 3.3 percent […]


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 Casper, Tuesday. “I thought it went great,” McGinley said after the event. “I think we […]