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Mental Healthcare Needs On The Rise in Wyoming

WEBThe Wyoming State Hospital (WSH) has experienced a sharp rise in the number of involuntary hospitalizations from 208 in 2012 to 341 last year. WSH estimates 368 …

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Changes Coming to Wyoming’s Title 25 Process

WEBFrom Fiscal Years 2012-15, this population increased from 208 to 341, an increase of about 65 percent. Meanwhile, the state is projected to spend about $13 million more than it …

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Wyoming Awards State HIE Contract to Medicity

WEBWyoming 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 …

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Optum Takes over WYHealth Contract

WEBOptum, a health services company under the umbrella of UnitedHealth Group has been awarded state contracts for utilization management and health management for …

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The Oral History of WINhealth’s fall into receivership

WEBBy Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society Nearly nine months after it officially entered a rehabilitation receivership, the question of WINhealth and what led to its demise has …

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What is the role of the Cheyenne and Sheridan VA’s in Wyoming’s …

WEBThe VA in Cheyenne. By Tom Lacock Wyoming Medical Society Colonel Cherron R. Galluzzo is the Commander of the 90th Medical Group at F. E. Warren AFB in …

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Events, Conferences, and Announcements for June 23

WEBEach week the Wyoming Medical Society receives a number of webinar, CME, and other conference opportunities which we share with our members without endorsement. This …

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Providers Set to Lose 3.3 Percent of Medicaid Reimbursement

WEBAmong those cuts discussed was the 3.3 percent reduction in provider reimbursement, which would save the state an estimated $9.4 million for the 2017-18 biennium. …

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Benefits/Services

WEBBenefits/Services. WMS is dedicated to improving the practice of medicine for Wyoming physicians, their staff and the patients they serve by representing physician’s best …

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Impact on the Medical Field

WEBThey found that there was a direct dose response, the higher the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) score the more susceptible to ailments such as COPD, Ischemic …

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UW Family Practice Residency Study Presented by Wyoming …

WEBThe University of Wyoming's Family Practice Residency in Casper and the residency in Cheyenne have been examined by The Wyoming Department of Health. The …

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Events, Conferences, and Announcements

WEBThe Wyoming Medical Society updates it members on various meetings, CME events, and legislative updates weekly during the Legislative session and bi-monthly when the …

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Wyoming State Hospital Administrator Announcement

WEBKristi Barker has been named as administrator for the Wyoming State Hospital (WSH) in Evanston. The WSH is part of the Wyoming Department of Health’s Behavioral Health …

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Wyoming Medicaid Offers Provider Incentives for Program …

WEBTo get started, contact Optum by email at [email protected] or call 888-545-1710. It comes as no surprise that the top five percent of Medicaid members accounted for 51 …

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Opioid Addiction

WEBFinal 2019 Legislation. Senate File 46; Rx Limits: prohibits the prescription or dispensing of any opioid or combination of opioids to an opioid naive patient for more than a seven …

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Joint Labor, Health, Social Services Committee Meets in Cheyenne

WEBMaking this week’s Joint Labor, Health, and Social Services meeting in Cheyenne more interesting was the fact the 2016 committee members were joined by newly-appointed …

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