Governor Mark Gordon has signed an executive order rescinding Wyoming’s COVID-19 public health emergency. To facilitate efforts to address the state’s nursing shortage, the governor has also signed an executive order to allow working nurses time to get licensed in Wyoming. Executive Order 2022-03, “Executive Order Rescinding Declaration Of...
Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Stefan Johansson as director of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Johansson has served as interim director since May 2021. Johansson joined WDH in 2013 and has held several positions with the agency since then, including policy administrator and deputy director. His advanced education...
Following the recent retirement of the Wyoming Department of Health’s longtime state Medicaid agent and senior administrator for the Division of Healthcare Financing, an interim administrator has been named. Teri Green served as state Medicaid agent and led the Division of Healthcare Financing since 2006 following several previous years...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is nearing the end of an innovative, major, multiyear effort to improve and modernize key technology systems used by the department, healthcare providers and program clients across the state. WDH directly administers Wyoming Medicaid and Wyoming Kid Care CHIP, the state’s children’s health...
