Oil and Gas Conservation Building
2211 King Blvd.
Casper, Wyoming
June 29, 2004
8:00 a.m. Chairmens remarks.
8:15 a.m. Wyoming Health Care Commission Overview of medical malpractice
issues.
8:45 a.m. - Wyoming Insurance Commissioner Overview of medical malpractice
issues.
9:00 a.m. - Public testimony (Note each presenter will be limited to a three minute
presentation).
11:00 a.m. Discussion of risk retention.
11:45 a.m. WWAMI presentation from UW. Discussion of 04LSO0629.W1
Lunch
1:00 p.m. Discussion of subsidy issues, including the following bill drafts:
04LSO0602.W5 (Alden) Medical liability assistance account hospitals.
04LSO0613.w5 (Lockhart) Medical malpractice noneconomic damages fund.
04LSO0609.W1 (Massie) Medical malpractice insurance subsidy.
04LSO0612.W3 (Robinson) Medical specialties malpractice insurance
pool.
04LSO0607.W1 (Robinson) Obstetric subsidy amendment.
2004 - HB0204 (Simpson) Excess medical noneconomic damages.
04LSO633.w1 -(Walsh) Medical malpractice limited coverage
2004 - HB0173 (Unattached)
3:00 p.m. Discussion of medical malpractice insurance reform including the following
bill drafts:
04LSO0631.W1 (Ross/Mockler) Medical malpractice claims reporting -2
2004 - SF0062 (Scott) Medical malpractice insurance.
2004 - HB0206 (Simpson) Health care malpractice insurance regulation.
4:00 p.m. - Discussion of other medical malpractice issues including:
Joint underwriting associations
Risk retention groups
Stand alone tail coverage
Increased Medicaid payments
Study bills for next meeting
2004 - SF0081(Scott) Contingency fee reporting.
04LSO0608.W1(Scott) Emergency medical malpractice insurance
July 8, 2004
8:00 a.m. Chairmens remarks
8:15 a.m. Fiscal update
8:30 a.m. Discussion of additional physicians
04LSO0629.W1(Hdraft) WWAMI program additional students.
04LSO0646.W1(JAC) Medical malpractice studies.
Note: This bill combines the studies of medical malpractice risk retention groups (Luthi), medical errors and compensation commission (Massie) and the Nebraska plan (Warren).
04LSO0635.W3(Mockler) Medicaid med. malpractice insurance subsidy.
04LSO0609.W2(Massie) Medical malpractice insurance subsidy.
04LSO0604.W3(Robinson) Medical malpractice insurance account.
04LSO0607.W2 (Robinson) Obstetrics study amendment.
Discussion of tail coverage
04LSO0647.W1(JAC) Medical malpractice tail coverage.
Discussion of damages subsidies
04LSO0613.W5(Lockhart) Med. malpractice noneconomic damages fund.
2004 - HB0204 (Simpson) Excess medical non-economic damages.
Discussion of mandatory insurance
04LSO0618.W2 (Simpson) Medical providers liability fund.
Medicaid assistance Preventive care
04LSO0639.W2(Luthi) Medicaid payments.