Medicare

The Wyoming Medical Center probably could have added $2 million to its bottom line if state lawmakers had expanded Medicaid.

The jobs lost were in departments including finance, materials management, sterile processing, radiology and staff services. The administration has reduced its workforce about 15 percent in recent months.

Wyoming congresswoman Cynthia Lummis says she thinks new house speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) may end up being one of the greatest house speakers in U.S. history.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage from private insurers...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan's blueprint for Medicare could prove as polarizing in the campaign as President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has been. Even Mitt Romney may not want to go there. Romney's new running mate has proposed a plan to steer future retirees into private insurance plans, with a fixed government payment...

Wyoming received more than $624,000 to reimburse Wyoming Medicaid in a national settlement with pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (Merck) regarding their drug Vioxx, Attorney General Greg Phillips announced today.   The settlement resolves allegations that Merck marketed Vioxx as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis without federal approval and made false settlements about

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has quietly told the courts that tossing out the president's health care overhaul would have major unintended consequences for Medicare's payment systems, which handle 100 million monthly claims from hospitals and other providers...

There was a capacity crowd at a town hall meeting to discuss a possible health exchange Tuesday evening in Evansville.

More than 4,000 Wyomingites have saved money on prescription medications, usually about 600 dollars a year, through Medicare, but the open enrollment period ends tonight.

CASPER, Wyo. --- Wyoming Medical Center altered hospital records to collect higher fees from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by having its records clerks change the admission status of patients, a whistleblower charges in a federal lawsuit unsealed this week...