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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Wyoming Awards State HIE Contract to Medicity
By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society The Wyoming Department of Health announced this week that Medicity has been awarded a contract to be the vendor to develop the state’s Health Information Exchange (HIE). Contract negotiations are now underway with Medicity. Medicity is based in Utah and also serves Colorado, and Montana, which Wyoming Medicaid […]
Announcements from Wyoming Department of Health
The Wyoming Department of Health sent out a pair of announcements in the last two weeks that may offer changes to physician practices or processes of clinic. The first is a change in rules and procedures for Chapter 15 Time Sensitive Emergencies. The new Chapter 15 rules went into effect on March 22 and discuss […]
Announcements from Wyoming Department of Health
The Wyoming Department of Health sent out a pair of announcements in the last two weeks that may offer changes to physician practices or processes of clinic. The first is a change in rules and procedures for Chapter 15 Time Sensitive Emergencies. The new Chapter 15 rules went into effect on March 22 and discuss […]
Events, Publications and Announcements, March 3
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: Announcements From time-to-time we get some odd requests and this one certainly falls into that category. The organization graphc-truths is asking for homemade comics. Graphic-truths seeks comics about […]
Joint Labor, Health, Social Services Committee Meets in Cheyenne
By Sheila Bush Wyoming Medical Society CHEYENNE – The final meeting of the interim for any Legislative subcommittee is frenzied as the committee convenes for the last time of the year and decides which bills to sponsor before the start of the upcoming session. Making this week’s Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services meeting in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid programs across the […]
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 1:30-2:30 p.m. called Maximizing ICD-10: Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Immunization Coding Webinar. Amy Hayes of the Office […]