Disease Management Programs

Wyoming Medicaid has disease and health management programs that assist people with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes or asthma, as well as obesity, serious emo­tional disturbance, and high-cost or serious health prob­lems. These disease management programs make use of telemedicine. They also use a “health buddy,” which is an interactive, automated phone interview system that poses a series of questions to the user. It provides feedback on user responses and links him or her to a case manager if a need for intervention is indicated. Families without phones may receive free phones and phone service to interact with the health buddy.