Verified October 10, 2026 against the statutes, regulations and sources cited below. General information, not legal advice. All states
What providers miss in Wyoming
- Wyoming's 2025 credentialing law says a carrier need not approve any application except as the provider agreement law in 26-22-503 requires, linking the deadline law to the willing provider rule.
- The willing provider protection is for Wyoming providers; out-of-state providers are not covered by its text.
Does Wyoming have an any willing provider law?
Before an insurer or health service corporation signs provider agreements, it must set terms for interested providers. Those terms may not discriminate against any Wyoming provider, and no Wyoming provider willing to meet them may be denied an agreement. HMOs are not named.
- Limited any willing provider law
Citation: Wyo. Stat. 26-22-503(a)(iii)
How long can a plan take to credential a provider in Wyoming?
Carriers must acknowledge an application within 7 days, flag an incomplete one within 30 days, and finish credentialing within 60 calendar days. The clock pauses while the provider completes a flagged application.
- Deadline: 60 days
- Applies to: Health carriers; all health care providers (effective July 1, 2025)
Citation: Wyo. Stat. 26-56-102
Can a provider practice in network while Wyoming plans credential them?
If the provider is credentialed and a signed contract is in effect before services are given, the carrier pays covered services back to the date it received the completed application.
Citation: Wyo. Stat. 26-56-102(c)
Will the Wyoming insurance department take a provider complaint?
- Wyoming Department of Insurance
Who oversees Medicaid managed care plans in Wyoming?
- Wyoming Department of Health (Wyoming Medicaid)
Turned down by a plan in Wyoming?
We read the denial, check which of these rules reach that plan, and prepare the reconsideration request, the access-gap evidence and any regulator complaint the law supports; you sign and send them, and we track every deadline. Self-funded employer plans follow federal law, not Wyoming's. A rejection review is $249, credited toward a dispute.