The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability, announces a $21 million dividend which is made possible by the excellent claims experience of our members. Since 1976, The Doctors Company has paid $228 million in dividends to its members. The 2012 dividend credit, approved by The Doctors Company’s Board of Governors, will provide a premium reduction of 12 percent to eligible members in Wyoming. Dividend percentages are based on the loss experience of individual states. 2012 marks the sixth consecutive year that the company has awarded dividends. Dividend distributions will appear as premium credits effective with renewals beginning July 1, 2012. Eligible members of select specialty societies may also receive a dividend. Societies receiving the dividend benefit include the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American College of Physicians, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons®. Founded by doctors for doctors in 1976, The Doctors Company (www.thedoctors.com) has 71,000 members and $4 billion in assets, and is rated A by both A.M. Best Company and Fitch Ratings.
WMS leadership and staff are excited to announce that the 2012 annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the Wyoming Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, and the American Psychiatric Association. Check out all the 2012 annual meeting for Wyoming physicians and physician assistants promises to offer.
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Questions? Call the WMS office at 307-635-2424
IMPORTANT QUICK LINKS
- Annual Meeting Information Brochure
- Annual Meeting Registration Form for print (PDF)
- Room Reservation Information - Jackson Lake Lodge Website
- Tentative Comprehensive CME Conference Agenda
***Below is a link to the tort reform panel registration form. This form only applies to those individuals not attending any other portion of the regularly scheduled WMS Annual Meeting. If you are a WMS member who is otherwise registered for the meeting, please disregard the tort reform registration link below.
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WMS is responsible for identifying WY physicians for appointment to the WY Admissions Committee for the University of Washington School of Medicine's WWAMI medical education program. Letters will be sent to WMS members in the coming week with more detailed information. Anyone interested in applying to serve on the committee for a six-year term can CLICK HERE to review the application and return it to the WMS office no later than April 1, 2012.
Congress reached a last-minute compromise that will avert the 27.4 percent cut in Medicare physician payment that would have gone through Jan. 1, 2012.
The U.S. House of Representatives agreed to vote on and pass the Senate tax bill, which will provide a two-month extension of the Medicare physician payment rate as well as a two-month extension of Social Security payroll tax cuts and federal unemployment benefits.
WMS visited all three members of Wyoming's Congressional Delegation, Sens. M. Enzi and J. Barrasso, MD and Congresswoman C. Lummis, last week in Washington, D.C. to discuss Medicare reimbursement, Sustainable Growth Rate concerns and the status of the Frontier Amendment in the PPACA. WMS very much appreciates the attention our delegation dedicated to our visit and the issues and concerns at hand.
As Congress looks to find ways to cut spending physician reimbursement rates are once again on the plate. WMS advocates will head to Washington, D.C. next week to visit with Senators Enzi and Barrasso, MD and Representative Cynthia Lummis to talk about the challenges Wyoming physicians face. Data often rules the day. If you have not yet completed the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Medicare survey, please do so today so that information can be analyzed and ready for next week. CLICK HERE to take the short survey!
The Wyoming Board of Medicine will be launching a new data system equipped with the ability for physicians and physician assistants to renew their licenses online.
For 2011 only, physicians have until August 31st to renew their license. For more information visit www.wyomedboard.state.wy.us
Reflections and an Overview of WMS Success
The 1957 movie “Three Faces of Eve” may be the most appropriate description of the 2011 General Session of the Wyoming Legislature. The session seemed to have at least three if not more distinct personalities.
The early part of the session was dominated by social issues where newly elected freshmen exercising their mandate to oppose anything connected with the federal government while trying to fight back against the Affordable Care Act.
Later the session turned to action on several bills aimed at improving education which involved long floor fights over teacher tenure and attempts to bring accountability to the educational process.
Third, legislators spent about a week working over the supplemental budget. The theme of “lower budgets and less government” held for a while but ultimately the legislature fell into its customary habit of adding to the budget, although it was somewhat more restrained in its spending compared to previous years. Finally, the social issues seemed to run their course, especially in the Senate with the defeat of several House Bills that could have significantly changed Wyoming. Lost among the emotional and highly reported bills were numerous issues dealing with the normal, if not mundane, operation of government and regulation of activities within the state. Four hundred forty seven total bills and resolutions were introduced with 116 gaining passage. The number of bills introduced was lower this year than in past General Sessions and was reflected in the fact the House was able to act on all bills except one that made it out of committee. Thirty nine of these bills were tracked by the WMS legislative team. Of the 14 bills actively supported by WMS, 10 passed and four failed. We monitored 18 bills and 10 of them passed and 8 were defeated. Success in a legislative session is often measured by what isn’t passed as much as by what is passed. WMS opposed seven bills and all were defeated. Thus of the 21 bills WMS was actively involved in, the legislature followed WMS’s positions 17 times
Summary of Important 2011 Bills The following list of bills surfaced as priority initiatives from the 39 that WMS closely monitored throughout the 2011 General Session.
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