How to apply for the WCCEDP

 

WCCEDP Enrollment Qualifications:

• Age 50 or older (unless a physicaian recommends screening befpre age 50);
• At or below 250% Federal Poverty Level;
• Uninsured or underinsured (current insurance does not cover entire costs related to screening); 
• Patient of a clinic or hospital participating in the WCCEDP; and
• Resident of Wyoming for at least one year.

If you fit all of the above qualifications you will then continue with the following steps:

Step One:

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Please fill out and sign an Enrollment Application, an Affidavit of Residency, an Infromed Consent, and a Release of Medical Information and submit to the WCCEDP via fax or mail.

  Click here to download Enrollment Application

Also Download the HIPPA Privacy Notice

Click Here to Download the Federal Proverty Guidlines

Step Two:

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If you are accepted you will recieve an approval letter, a VOUCHER, and an enrollment packet.

Step Three:

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You will receive a phone call from the WCCEDP nurse to assist you in scheduling your pre-operative exam and colonoscopy with a WCCEDP enrolled provider and recieve further education and information during this phone consultation.

Step Four:

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Once you recieve your voucher, you will submit your voucher to the WCCEDP approved physician at your pre-operative consultation.

Step Five:

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Once you receive your colonoscopy results from your doctor, you may contact the WCCEDP with any questions or concerns that you may have.

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You will receive a questionnaire about your screening experience and the service you received. Please be honest so we may better serve other Wyoming residents.

 

Services Not Covered by the WCCEDP include:

***You are responsible for any charges not covered by the WCCEDP!***

• Standard or Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)
• Stool Mutational Analysis
• CT and MRI Colonoscopy (Virtual Colonoscopy)
• Screening tests requested at intervals sooner than are recommended by program guidelines
• Medical therapy of Inflamatory Bowel Disease
• Genetic Testing
• Sigmoidoscopy - Flexible, Diagnostic, with or without collection of specimen(s)
• Sigmoidoscopy with single or multiple or cold biopsy
• Sigmoidoscopy with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) by hot biopsy forceps or bipolar cautery
• Sigmoidoscopy with control of bleeding
• Adverse events or complications from colonscopy
• Treatment for colon cancer