Appendix

Appendix	Appendix Topic	Appendix Description	Appendix Provider
1	Committee Sign-In Sheet	Lists meeting attendees	Legislative Service Office
2	Committee Meeting Agenda	Provides an outline of the topics the Committee planned to address at meeting	Legislative Service Office
3	Report to the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee	Provides the Department of Health's update to the Committee for the preceding year	Department of Health
4	New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Cheat Sheet	Provides information on the new federal Medicare Modernization Act (MMA)	Department of Health
5	MMA Guide for State Legislators	Provides an explanation of the MMA and a checklist for legislators to determine what may have to be done to comply with the federal act	Department of Health
6	DFS Directory 2004-2006	Provides a directory of DFS programs and personnel	Department of Family Services
7	2005 Laws Affecting DFS Programs	Provides a summary of 2005 legislation that affects DFS programs	Department of Family Services
8	DFS General Status Report to the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee	Provides a status report for DFS activities during the preceding year	Department of Family Services
9	Bridges Out of Poverty	Provides a hard copy of Dr. Phil DeVol's PowerPoint presentation to the Committee	Dr. Phil DeVol
10	Mental Model of Poverty and Other Indices	Provides a comparison of the thought patterns, language and rules of conduct for persons in poverty, the middle class and wealthy individuals	Dr. Phil DeVol
11	The Significance of Cost-Shifting	Provides charts explaining the phenomenon of cost-shifting in health care costs to the private sector as a result of low government programs' reimbursement for health care services	Wyoming Healthcare Commission
12	Wyoming Healthcare Commission's Toolbox of Ideas	Provides the recommendations and rationale for recommendations made by the Wyoming Healthcare Commission	Wyoming Healthcare Commission
13	Letter from Lorraine Saulino-Klein	Letter describing the effects of a significant health insurance premium increase experienced by a constituent	Senator Massie
14	Defensive Medicine Among High-Risk Specialist Physicians in a Volatile Malpractice Environment	the reasons for, and types of, defensive medicine practices as a result of a volatile medical malpractice environment	Wyoming Medical Society
15	Impact of Malpractice Reforms on the Supply of Physician Services	Journal of American Medical Association article describing the impact of malpractice reforms on the supply of physicians	Wyoming Medical Society
16	Folder on Impact of Limited Service Hospitals on Wyoming's Health Care System	Folder containing materials describing the impact that limited services hospitals could have on the health care system in Wyoming	Ms. Sherlyn Kaiser
17	A Report on Shortfalls in Medicaid Funding for Nursing Home Care	Describes the effect of low Medicaid reimbursement rates upon nursing homes	Mr. Tom Jones
18	2005 Senate File 0104	Legislation proposing to amend small employer carrier reinsurance provisions	Senator Charles Scott