Wyoming news and information

Veterans from Wyoming and Idaho soon will be able to get their memory checked remotely by St. John's Institute for Cognitive Health. The Jackson, Wyo., clinic plans to purchase an $8,000 telemedicine system and virtually connect to veterans affairs clinics in Aspen, Colo., and Pocatello and Idaho...
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Even as federal healthcare reform takes hold in Wyoming, Gov. Matt Mead continues to pursue his own health agenda, which promotes electronic health records and physician practices focused on value over volume.
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The University of Colorado Health system and Ivinson Memorial Hospital, a 90-bed institution in Laramie, Wyo., have entered in a management agreement effective Jan. 1. It is the first agreement UC Health has made with a hospital in Wyoming.
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Wyoming lawmakers will begin discussions next month on a reform package designed to address escalating costs in the state’s Medicaid program.
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Patients will be able to access their medical records online using new software purchased by Jackson's hospital.
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Some key Wyoming lawmakers say they see little chance the Legislature will expand the Medicaid program in coming months now that Gov. Matt Mead has recommended against doing so.
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Wyoming hospitals are resisting a possible legislative effort that could require them to publicly disclose more of their prices and quality-of-care statistics.
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Voters in the states of Alabama, Montana and Wyoming passed by strong margins state referendums that oppose healthcare mandates in different forms, while Florida voters rejected one.
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Almost exactly five years after the filing of a whistle-blower lawsuit, the Wyoming Medical Center has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve allegations of overbilling Medicare.
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Two separate healthcare entities in Wyoming have earned a combined total of nearly $22 million from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation for concepts—several of which are technology-focused—that are projected to generate long-term savings.
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