Wyoming Medical Center Chooses A New CEO
Current President and CEO Vickie Diamond will stay on the job until her retirement on Aug. 1.
Vickie Diamond
Wyoming Medical Center President/CEO Diamond To Retire
The WMC Board will conduct a nationwide search.
Hospital Officials Detail Medicare, Medicaid Causes For Layoffs
The Wyoming Medical Center probably could have added $2 million to its bottom line if state lawmakers had expanded Medicaid.
UPDATE: Wyoming Medical Center Lays Off 58 Staff; Total Cuts Amount To 9 Percent Of Workforce
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.
WMC Officials: Medicaid Expansion Would Curb Charity, Bad Debt Costs
The state’s failure to implement Medicaid expansion has aggravated a sharp rise in the uncompensated care written off by the Wyoming Medical Center, hospital officials said recently.
WMC’s Charity, Bad Debt Costs Are Down; But Still Nearly Twice National Average
The Wyoming Medical Center has served more people yet written off far less in uncompensated care this fiscal year than it anticipated, according to a new report.
Wyoming Medical Center’s CEO Says Medicaid Expansion Would Lower Bad Debt, Charity Care Costs
Expanding Medicaid services in Wyoming would help lower bad debt and charity care at hospitals, the president of the Wyoming Medical Center said.
"Hospitals in the states where Medicaid expansion has occurred, hospitals have seen their bad debt and charity care decrease, so that means that that's better for the hospitals," Vickie Diamond said.
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Casper City Council Approves New Hospital Subdivision Plan
Casper's proposed Summit Medical Center is a step closer to becoming reality.
After over 80 minutes of discussion, Casper City Council approved the subdivision plan for McMurry Business Park No. 6 on Tuesday.
For council, it was nothing more than a plat and sub-area plan approval for a new venture in the McMurry Business Park...
NC Commissioners Pass Resolution Addressing Excess Hospital Development
Natrona County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Monday night formally expressing concern about additional hospital development amid rumors of a third hospital possibly opening in Casper.
In the resolution, commissioners assert that a third hospital would significantly and negatively alter the quality of medical service provided by Wyoming Medical Center...
Whistleblower Alleges WMC Defrauded Medicare
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...