Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
JACKSON – While 90% of COVID-19 deaths in October were among Americans age 65 and up, that age group makes up only 16% of the nation’s population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Even as the pandemic continues to take an especially high toll on the elderly, Jackson’s new...
CHEYENNE — Lawmakers in the 67th Wyoming Legislature will decide whether to expand the state’s Medicaid program eligibility in the upcoming general session.
If approved, Wyoming will be the last state in the West to do so.
The Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee voted 9-5 on Tuesday to sponsor...
Everyday mask use and routine COVID-19 testing for staff are no longer required at Weston County Health Services and the Manor after a Sept. 23 update from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Masks and regular testing have been required at the facility for over two years, according to...
CASPER —A bill that would ensure visitation rights for the loved ones of people in hospitals and long term care facilities cleared the Wyoming House on Tuesday and is now moving onto the Senate.
Before the measure passed, however, revisions removed much of its original intent.
An amendment...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
Wyoming and nine other states, including Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota and New Hampshire, do not have to enforce vaccine mandates at healthcare facilities following a preliminary injunction issued on Nov. 29 by the U.S...
Cheyenne hospital: Get vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID testing
CHEYENNE (WNE) — Cheyenne Regional Medical Center CEO Tim Thornell told hospital staff Monday night by email they will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly to continue working there.
The announcement wasn’t...
Stay on vaccine mandate provides relief for some hospitals
By Kevin Killough, Mark Davis and CJ Baker
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL — The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates have had health care workers and their employers on edge in recent weeks, but on Monday, a...
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County Health Services board of trustees will review and vote on a vaccine mandate policy on Thursday, Nov. 18, after the release of mandate regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, commonly referred to as CMS.
During a Monday...
To vaccinate or staff? Gillette hospital board fields public concerns over vaccine mandates
By Jake Goodrick
Gillette News Record
Via Wyoming News Exchange
GILLETTE — People came out in droves this week to lament the impending federal vaccine mandates that are expected to affect Campbell County...
COVID-19 outbreaks hit long-term care
By Morgan Hughes
Casper Star-Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
CASPER — COVID-19 cases have been identified in a dozen Wyoming long-term care facilities since the pandemic began, the state Health Department reported Tuesday.
Of those, seven are considered...
News Letter Journal
News Letter Journal
14 W. Main St.
P.O. Box 40
Newcastle, WY 82701
Ph: (307) 746-2777
Fax: (307) 746-2660
