January 2013 eMailout
Week2
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 11, 2013
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- Department of Health & Human Services, Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee, January 17, 2013 in Washington, DC (draft agenda)
- NPAIHB Weekly Funding Opportunities
Attn: ALL Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
- 38th Annual NW Indian Youth Conference (hosted by the Nooksack Indian Tribe), April 1, 2013 in Bellingham, WA
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop, February 12, 2013 in Portland, OR
Vacancy Announcement
Week3
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 18, 2013
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- Letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, US Department of Health & Human Services requesting to postpone the FY15 HHS department-wide budget consultation session (dated 1-14-13)
- Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry General Memo 2-13 - Mary Pavel to become Senate Indian Affairs Committee State Director
- NIHB’s the.washington.report
- NPAIHB Weekly Funding Opportunities
Attn: Washington Delegates, THDs, and Tribal Chairs
- Letter from Washington’s Department of Social & Health Services RE: Mental Health Redesign and asking for input on what the new behavioral health system should include (need comments by 1-30-13)
- Letter from AIHC to Washington’s State Office of the Insurance Commissioner and Washington Health Benefit Exchange RE: the enrollment in the Healthpathfinder program for Indian Health Care Providers (dated 1-9-13)
Attn: All Delegates and THDs
Week4
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 25, 2013
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Press Release—Healthier Alaskans create a healthier economy: Independent study forecasts a positive economic impact for expanding Medicaid coverage in Alaska
NPAIHB Weekly Funding Opportunities Announcement—CMS 2013 Money Follows the Person (MFP) Tribal Initiative
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 13-003—Court Rules Ex parte Young Doctrine May Overcome Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 13-004—GAO Report Raises Questions about ANCSA Regional Corporations
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 13-005—Report of the Attorney General’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 13-006—Supreme Court to Hear Indian Child Welfare Act Case
Attn: Washington Delegates and THD’s
Federal Funding Webinar announcement—Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery’s 2014-2015 Uniform Application for the Mental Health Block Grant and Substance Abuse Block Grant
6th Annual Squaxin Island Drug & Alcohol Awareness Dinner, January 27 at 2:00 pm
Attn: All Delegates and THD’s
State of Washington Health Care Authority’s State Medicaid Administrative Match Federally Recognized Tribes—Tribal MAM Workgroup PowerPoint presentation (from last week)
8th Annual Native Caring (A Conference to learn, Connect, and Share), March 27—28, 2013 in Lincoln City, OR
Online Training announcement—Overview of Performance and Quality Management, February 6, 2013 10 am to Noon (via iLinc registration)
