Wyoming Association of Physician Assistants

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The WAPA Newsletter is published three times a year. Articles are welcomed!

Contact: Ed Dowie - 745 Buena Vista Drive, Lander, Wyoming 82520,


NEWS--

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AAPA  Legislative Action Center Alerts!

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Congratulations to JoAnn Ramsey PA-C and Jack Hildner PA on receiving the 2004 PA of the Year Award!

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Upcoming WAPA CME News:

The 2005 CME will be held on July 13th - 16th in Casper, WY at the Parkway Plaza.  The committee is made up of Annette Russell, and Charla Bright.  Please contact one of these committee members if you have any questions or input about next years meeting.

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News taken from the April " Mountain Messages Newsletter"

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Recently Mountain Messages sent WAPA members a salary survey. Forty-nine were sent out and Thirty-two were returned. The results show an average over all salary of $70,000. The average number of years in practice is 17. The salary ranges from $46,500 to $150,000.

Years in practice

0 - 10 yrs. ------- $67,731

11 - 20 yrs. ------- $81,600

21 - 32 yrs. ------- $72,554

BONUS - 15 out of 32 receive some kind of bonus. This varied from 20% of production to a flat rate of 5,000 to 10,000 dollars per year. One PA received a $2000 per year Christmas Bonus.

BENEFITS - 17 out of 31 PA's take call. Vacation varied from 2 weeks to 6 weeks per year. Most all received health and Life insurance, employer paid CME and professional dues.

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The WAPA election results are in. Congratulations to the new officers for the July 2005 to July 2007 term. PRESIDENT: Jo Ramsey PPRESIENT-ELECT: Marilyn Horsley VICE PRESIDENT: Carol Quillen SECRETARY-TREASURER: Ed Dowie CHIEF DELEGATE: Bob Cummings DELEGATE: Mary Patterson BOARD MEMBERS: Mike Carpenter, Meagan Hillman, Greg Freshwater

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