• Advocacy Updates
• Session Recap - Week 2
• The Wire
• WMS Process Review

• WDH - Public Health Focus Group
• AMPAC Candidate Workshop
• PALS
• Thank You Friends of WMS

The WMS Board of Trustees voted to significantly increase the role of members across the state in determining the association's advocacy positions and efforts.

WMS will preserve precious and finite political capital and resources by reserving public advocacy efforts, including public testimony, to those issues that gain 25% of WMS member engagement on THE WIRE.

REMINDER: Any member in good standing can submit a proposal on The WIRE for voting. If you don't want to submit it yourself, contact Sheila Bush in the WMS office who will work with you to ensure your proposal is posted for member input.

Thank you Doc/PA of the Day Volunteers:

• Rage Geringer, MD (1/20/25)
• Lisa Finkelstein, DO (1/23/25)

We still have several volunteer slots available.

CLICK HERE for more information and to view the volunteer schedule. If you would like to volunteer, please submit your preferred volunteer date to whitney@wyomed.org.

WMS Bill Tracker

1/24/25

• House Bill 42: Regulations of surgical abortions (placed on General File - scheduled for House Floor 1/27/25)
• House Bill 159: Protecting water from chemical abortion waste (placed on General File - scheduled for House Floor 1/27/25)

Watch 1/24/25 - House - Labor, Health, and Social Services

• Senate File 129: Hospital employees-drug and alcohol testing (failed)

Watch 1/24/25 - Senate - Labor, Health, and Social Services

1/27/24

House Committee Schedule 8 AM (CLICK HERE to remotely testify)

• House Bill 164: Medical prescriptions-off-label purposes
• House Bill 269: Naturopathic medicine licensure

Senate Committee Schedule 12 PM (CLICK HERE to remotely testify)

• Senate File 112: Anesthesiologist Assistants licensing

ICYMI

• 1/23/25 - Advocacy Update
• 1/22/25 - Advocacy Update
• 1/21/25 - Advocacy Update

There are 4 bills on The Wire that WMS is seeking membership feedback on:

• HB 42 - Regulation of Surgical Abortions
• HB 159: Protecting Water from Chemical Abortion Waste
• HB 115 and HB 222: Medical Ethics Defense Act
• International Physician Licensing

To cast your vote on either/both of the above proposals, CLICK HERE (or the link in the button below) to access THE WIRE. Members can also access THE WIRE from the WMS website at www.wyomed.org

How to use The Wire:

• Log on - https://thewire.wyomed.org/
• The Wire uses the same username and password as you use to login to the WMS website to manage your membership. If you have forgotten your username or password, you can use the forget password feature on The Wire to reset it.
• To view proposals - select "Proposal Feedback" at the top of the screen
• Click on "Pre-Board Feedback"
• Click on the title link to vote/share your opinion on a topic

WMS Board of Trustees enhances the ability to represent a diverse and passionate membership.

UPDATED: WMS Legislative Review Process

• A minimum of 25% participation from active members is required before the position is communicated openly in advocacy efforts. The result does not necessarily change the WMS Board Advisory Opinion, as those opinions are based objectively on the established WMS Advocacy Tenets.

Do you provide pain management treatment or prescribe opioids in Wyoming? Tell us about your experience and receive $75!

Pain management treatment providers and those who prescribe opioids in Wyoming are invited to join a virtual, 90-minute focus group to discuss barriers to implementing the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines and caring for people with substance use disorders. Information from this focus group will be used to design opioid-related training materials for Wyoming prescribers.

The focus group is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, January 30.

All focus group participants will receive a $75 gift card for their participation.

Please click on the link below to answer a few brief items about yourself to register. We will select up to 8 prescribers to participate based on the answers provided, to encourage group diversity. You will be notified within one week whether you were selected to participate. We understand that you are busy, and we appreciate your consideration of our request!

https://comaginehealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkduCgqDwiEtcNlwWpNwwQeUVqsqZc-b3k

This project is sponsored by the Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health Division. For more information, please see the attached letter or contact Stephanie Pustejovsky, senior research associate at Comagine Health, at spustejovsky@comagine.org.

Ever wonder how Doctors get elected to Congress or your state legislature? Considering a run for office for yourself?

The AMPAC Candidate Workshop will teach you how to run a winning political campaign, just like we taught many of your AMA colleagues over the years. The 2025 AMPAC Candidate Workshop will be held in-person March 28 – 30 at the AMA offices in Washington, DC.

The Candidate Workshop is designed to help you make the leap from the exam room to the campaign trail and give you the skills and strategic approach you will need to make a run for public office.

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