Wyoming Health Information Technology

Wyoming Department of Health

• Wyoming Department of Health – EqualityCare (Medicaid)
  • Role
    • Develop a five year plan to:
      • Facilitate provider adoption of Health Information Technology
      • Promote meaningful use of technology to improve health care quality and outcomes
      • Empower patients through health information
      • Build efficient future Medicaid Health IT Infrastructure
    • Administers Medicaid EHR incentive for Wyoming providers
      • Verify provider and hospital eligibility
      • Distribute Provider incentive payments
      • Prevent duplicative payments
      • Promote the adoption of electronic health records
    • Developing the Total Health Record (THR)
      • EHR-lite: an EHR module that offers limited clinical support while meeting meaningful use requirements
      • Medicaid Health Information Exchange (HIE)
  • www.health.wyo.gov