The Wyoming Telehealth Network newsletter is your source for information, resources and best practices in telehealth. We support healthcare entities, providers, and specialists through professional development, collaboration, and leveraging of telecommunications technology.
At A Glance...
May Provider Spotlight
May Webinar
State Telehealth Laws and Executive Medicaid Summary
HRSA Rural Health Webinar
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Job Opening
Wyoming Telehealth Consortium
Special Interest Groups
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Dr. Matt Gray is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Wyoming. He trained at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center and the National Center for PTSD. His clinic provides evidence-based trauma treatment at little to no cost to the community. His research focuses on sexual violence and intimate partner violence prevention and treatment. |
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When did you first hear about telehealth? How did you feel about it then? How do you feel about it now?
Matt Gray: I actually started doing telehealth more than a decade before the pandemic. We wrote a small grant in 2006 to provide secure encrypted video conference based services to sexual assault and domestic violence agencies in Wyoming. I was approached by folks in the College of Health Sciences to partner in that work and was initially apprehensive given my limited technology background. It proved to be a very helpful service for distal trauma survivors and was also a great benefit to our Clinical Psychology PhD students who could get more experience providing trauma treatment. I think it’s wonderful now and am glad that it is more widely available and more extensively utilized.
What is your proudest accomplishment with telehealth?
Matt: We published a paper WAY back in 2011 showing that clinical outcomes (i.e., reductions in PTSD and depression symptoms) as well as patient satisfaction levels were comparable to services provided in person. At that time, very little telehealth mental health service delivery was happening – so being able to show that it was viable, effective, and well-received was important and exciting.
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Succeeding at Virtual Patient Engagement Series: Part Three
Providing Telemental Patients with Tools to Actively Engage in their own Health
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Presenter: Julio Brionez, PhD, Assistant Director & Outreach Coordinator, University of Wyoming Counseling Center
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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State Telehealth Laws and Executive
Medicaid Summary: Spring 2022
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SPRING 2022 HIGHLIGHTED FINDINGS: The main areas where changes were made over the past five months fall in the three buckets that CCHP uses to categorize information within its Policy Finder: Medicaid policy, private payer policy, and regulation of health professionals. A significant number of administrative changes centered around broadening Medicaid reimbursement. In many cases, this was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the expiration of many temporary expansions in telehealth reimbursement that have been in place for the past two years, and which providers and patients have become accustomed.
The information for this summary report covers updates in state telehealth policy made between January and April 2022. Note that in some cases, after a state was reviewed (especially states reviewed in January and February), it is possible that the state may have passed a significant piece of legislation or implemented an administrative policy change that CCHP may not have captured. Those changes will be reviewed and catalogued in the upcoming Fall 2022 edition of CCHP’s Summary Report.
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HRSA Rural Health Webinar |
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"Optimizing and Sustaining Telehealth
Operations in Rural Communities"
Thursday, June 2, 2022
12:00pm – 1:30pm MT
Subject matter experts from federal, state, regional, and academic organizations will provide practical information and tools to optimize telehealth in rural communities.
By attending this webinar, attendees will:
- Identify HHS/HRSA, Regional, State, and Local resources and funding for telehealth in rural communities
- Learn practical tools from subject matter experts on how to maintain and enhance telehealth structures in their organizations
- Gain at least 1 practical tool or steps to optimize telehealth platforms within their organization
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New Federal Funding to Increase Internet Access. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Internet for All, a $65 billion investment included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – that passed last November. The federal National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency within Commerce, has opened the application window for several programs that will support efforts in states and U.S. territories to close the digital gap in areas with little or no high-speed internet.
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Mountain-Pacific Quality Health:
Job Opening
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Tired of working weekends and holidays? Mountain-Pacific Qualify Health has an opening for a Medicaid RN Care Manager licensed in the State of Wyoming. This is a full-time position, Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00, with comprehensive benefits. As a member of the team, the candidate would be responsible for providing case management services to high acuity clients with complex physical, social, and behavioral health conditions. The candidate will develop plans of care, outline client goals and planned interventions, connect clients to community resources, coordinate medical appointments and provide health education.
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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Wyoming Telehealth Consortium |
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The Wyoming Telehealth Consortium is the central meeting space to discuss the programs, success/challenges, and discuss ideas on improving the use of telehealth in the state. The Consortium meets on the last Tuesday of every month, from 3:00 - 4:30 pm. Anyone interested in building telehealth is encouraged to attend.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Early Childhood
Meetings will resume Fall 2022
Third Thursday of the month
4:00-5:00pm
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Wyoming Hospitals
Third Friday of the month
June 17, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Telemental Health
Second Friday of the month
June 10, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Community Health
First Friday of the month
June 3, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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If you would like to contribute information to the newsletter, get involved with any special interest groups, or have your practice highlighted,
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Contact Information
Wyoming Telehealth Network
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 4298
Laramie, WY 82071
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