July 2010 eMailout
Week 1
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 2, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
Letter to IHS Director Dr. Yvette Roubideaux (dated July 1, 2010) Re: Comments regarding PPACA and IHCIA
National Indian Health Board & Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Tribal Technical Advisory Group letter (dated July 1, 2010) Re: PPACA and IHCIA
Portland Area Indian Health Service 2010 Area Director’s Award Ceremony
Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Recognition and Appreciation Award
7th Annual Tribal Emergency Preparedness Conference Save the Date, September 28-30, 2010, Grand Mound, WA
ATTN: TRIBAL HEALTH DIRECTORS
STD Clinical Update, October 13-15, 2010, Eugene, OR
Week 2
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 9, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
July Monthly Funding Report
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-091 Deadline for July 15 for Comments on United States Position on United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
NIHB Washington Report
Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP Save the Dates
Tribal Public Health Accreditation Standards Workgroup- Call for Volunteers
SAMHSA and the Ad Council Launch National Campaign to Raise Awareness about Mental Health Problems in American Indian Communities Press Release
TribalNet 11
Week 3
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 16, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
Save the Dates CMS/IHS/NPAIHB Training Dates
Call for Volunteers Tribal Standards Workgroups
Attn: Washington Delegates, THD, and Tribal Chairs
American Indian Health Commission for Washington State letter dated July 14, 2010 to Honorable Secretary Susan Dreyfus
Week 4
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 23, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
Delayed Implementation of Realigned PSFAs for Tribal Shares- FYI
AI/AN Data Symposium: Developing Medicaid and Medicare Data, July 30, 2010, Washington, DC (draft agenda)
Save the Dates CMS/IHS/NPAIHB Training Dates
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-093 NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Tribal Hospital
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 10-094 Tohono O’odham Nation Files Amicus Brief in Suit Challenging Arizona Immigration Law, SB 1070
PAO-IHS Open House
7th Annual Tribal Emergency Preparedness Conference, September 28-30, 2010, Grand Mound, WA
Attn: Washington State Tribal Chairs
Tribal Consultation “bridge waiver” material
Attn: Oregon Tribal Health Directors
DHS Division of Medical Assistance Program July 2010 Update
Attn: Tribal Health Directors
Native Fitness VII, August 11-12, 2010, Beaverton, OR
A Hand to Hold Onto PSA
Week 5
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 30, 2010
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
IHCIA Update from IHS Director
2010 CMS/IHS/NPAIHB Training Dates & Meeting Locations
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Workgroup Nomination Invitation
7th Annual Tribal Emergency Preparedness Conference, September 28-30, 2010, Grand Mound, WA
Attn: Tribal Health Directors
Native Fitness VII, August 11-12, 2010, Beaverton, OR
NW Diabetes Management System Upcoming Training, August 17-19, 2010, Portland (NPAIHB)
