Wyoming news and information

It's just after 7:30 a.m. when Dr. Ryan Aukerman steps onto the tarmac at Laramie Regional Airport. His ride to work is here. Aukerman, an orthopedic surgeon, is one of nine doctors at Laramie, Wyo.-based Premier Bone and Joint Centers. Doctors at Premier use a fleet of aircraft to travel the...
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People waiting to read the Federation of State Medical Boards' annual report summarizing national statistics for doctor discipline are waiting in vain. The FSMB has quietly killed its Annual Summary of Board Actions report. The Federation, which has published the report since 1985, promises that a...
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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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