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A committee of the Wyoming Senate recommends approval of a bill to change state procedures for the involuntary hospitalization of people for mental health treatment.

A former hospital administrator who pleaded guilty to defrauding hospitals in Wyoming and Indiana has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Wyoming Medical Center in Casper says it's imposing cost-cutting measures that include unpaid furloughs for managers and directors but no layoffs.

Casper City Council has signed off on plans for a new, privately owned hospital on the city's east side.

Planning and zoning commissioners on Tuesday approved site plans for a long-rumored third hospital in Casper. Plans for the hospital, which will be privately owned by Kansas-based healthcare facility management firm Nueterra, will now go before Casper City Council for further review...

The City of Casper Planning and Zoning Commission signed off on plans for a long-rumored third hospital in Casper at its meeting Tuesday night.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An interim legislative committee is considering a bill that would force Wyoming hospitals to publicly disclose more of their prices and quality-of-care statistics. The free data would be posted on the Internet and include the standard charge for inpatient care, the standard charge for obstetric patients, prices for various procedures and the hospitals' infection rates... Read M

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The head of the Rawlins hospital says the community needs more amenities to recruit doctors. The Associated Press reports that Ned Hill, chief operating officer of Memorial Hospital of Carbon County, says about one in 25 doctors recruited by the hospital ends up signing on...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Campbell County Memorial Hospital confirms three cases of invasive Group A Streptococcus, also known as flesh-eating bacteria. According to the Associated Press, the hospital disclosed the cases Friday. All three cases occurred in the past six weeks...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a former CEO charged with defrauding a Wyoming hospital of nearly $848,000 disappeared three weeks before his trial was scheduled to start. Paul Cardwell is accused of billing Powell Valley Healthcare for recruiting work that was never done...