Medicaid appeals in Wyoming: hearing deadline and keeping benefits
Wyoming Medicaid: you have 20 business days to ask for a fair hearing.
If you ask for a hearing before the effective date of the action on your notice, your Medicaid services cannot be ended or reduced until the final hearing decision (unless the hearing officer finds the only issue is federal or state law or policy).
Checked against official sources: October 30, 2026.
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Medicaid (Wyoming Medicaid) denials in Wyoming
- Medicaid agency
Wyoming Department of Health (WDH)
- Who holds the hearing
Wyoming Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), on referral from the Wyoming Department of Health
- Hearing deadline
20 business days
The date the notice of adverse action was mailed (20 business days, not calendar days)
Law: Wyoming Medicaid Rules ch. 4 (Medicaid Administrative Hearings), sec. 7
- How to ask for a hearing
- Email: Email your request to the Wyoming Department of Health (use the address on your notice)
- Phone: Ask verbally (Wyoming Medicaid customer service 855-294-2127, or the number on your notice)
- Mail: Certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Department of Health address on your notice
- In person: Deliver your request to the Department in person
- Keeping your benefits during the appeal
If you ask for a hearing before the effective date of the action on your notice, your Medicaid services cannot be ended or reduced until the final hearing decision (unless the hearing officer finds the only issue is federal or state law or policy). The Department must mail the notice at least 10 business days before the effective date. If the action is upheld, the Department may recover the cost of services you got while waiting.
Law: Wyoming Medicaid Rules ch. 4, secs. 6(b), 9; Wyoming Medicaid Rules ch. 4 (Medicaid Administrative Hearings), sec. 7
- When the hearing is held
The Department tells you within 10 business days whether your request is accepted. A hearing must be held within 40 days of the request unless the law, the parties or a continuance provide otherwise. The hearing officer sends proposed findings to the Director within 20 business days after the hearing closes.
Law: Wyoming Medicaid Rules ch. 4, secs. 8, 11, 13; Wyoming Medicaid Rules ch. 4 (Medicaid Administrative Hearings), sec. 7
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Sources
The official sources for Wyoming are listed on the Wyoming page.