Sept 2012 eMailout
Week 1
DATE: September 7, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
OVW DV Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Grant Opportunity
SAMHSA Save the Date for the Native American Center for Excellence webinar series—Education and the Native American Student
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Save-The-Date Fall 2012 Tribal/HCS/AAA Meeting, September 11, 2012 at the Little Creek Casino in Shelton
Week 2
DATE: September 14, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
CMS-IHS-NPAIHB Partnership Training, September 18-19, 2012 in Seattle, WA (draft agenda included)
Tribal Technical Advisory Group letter to CMS RE: Comments of CMS-10320/OCN 0938-1086 Health Care Reform Insurance Web Portal Requirements
PAO-IHS Recommendations for the Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee
In Celebration of National Indian Day—NPAIHB 7th Annual Dancing the Square PowWow, September 28, 2012 in Portland, OR
Native American Youth and Family Center’s 3rd Annual Neerchokikoo PowWow, September 21-22, 2012 in Portland, OR
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-109 IHS Releases FY2011 Self-Governance Program Report
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-110 Washington Supreme Court Rules Suite Against Gasoline Tax Compact May Continue Despite Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-111 CMS Clarifies Trust Settlement Per Capita Payments to be Excluded as Income for Medical Assistance Eligibility
Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-112 IRS: Per Capita Payments from Proceeds of Certain Settlements of Indian Tribal Trust Cases Not Taxable
Region 10 Tribal Affairs Quarterly Call, September 17, 2012 (conference call info included)
Save the Date—Institute of Medicine of the National Academies: Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities- Examples from Native Communities, November 14, 2012 in Seattle, WA (free public workshop)
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Place Matters: Working together to create healthy communities, November 5-7, 2012 in Portland, OR
Save the Date Government-to-Government Consultation, October 2-3, 2012 in Tulsa, OK (violence against women consultation and DOJ grant funding consultation)
Attn: Oregon (OR) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Oregon Health Authority update regarding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved supplemental payment program for Arizona under Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver and payments to IHS and tribal facilities for uncompensated care
Oregon Health Authority Tribal Consultation Meeting information and agenda for September 20, 2012 in Salem, OR (conference call info included on agenda)
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
American Indian Health Commission meeting, October 12, 2012 in Auburn, WA
Vacancy Announcement NPAIHB - Project Specialist, NW Tribal Epidemiology Center (closing date 9/21/2012)
Week 3
MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 21, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
- NPAIHB letter (dated 9-21-12) to Pamela S. Hyde, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RE: Comments- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request for: Uniform Application for the Mental Health Block Grant and Substance Abuse Block Grant FY 2014-2015, Application Guidance and Instructions (OMB No. 0930-0168) Revision
- In Celebration of National Indian Day - NPAIHB 7th Annual Dancing the Square PowWow, September 28, 2012 in Portland, OR
- Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-116 United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Releases Report on the Status of Indigenous Peoples in the United States
- Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker General Memorandum 12-117 OMB Report on Sequestration Concludes the IHS would be subject to Large Reduction
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
- The National Network of Public Health Institute’s Open Forum Meeting for Quality Improvement in Public Health, December 6-7, 2012 in Charlotte, NC (limited travel funds available)
- Press Release- I Strengthen My Nation, A New A&D Prevention Campaign now Available targeting American Indian and Alaska Native Youth campaign
- Regional HIV/STI/HEP C Training, November 1, 2012 in Spokane, WA
Attn: Oregon (OR) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Attn: Washington (WA) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
- American Indian Health Commission for Washington State (AIHC) letter (dated 9-6-12) to John F. Kamje, Office of the Insurance Commissioner RE: Affordable Care Act Qualified Health Plans latest update
- Tribal Centric Mental Health Agenda for September 18, 2012 (material provided by Jim Roberts)
- HCA New Tribal Billing Method Workshops announcement (claims through ProviderOne for Medicaid covered services)
Vacancy Announcement
Week 4
MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 28, 2011
TO: NPAIHB Delegates, Tribal Health Directors and Tribal Chairs
FROM: Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Executive Director
RE: WEEKLY MAILOUT
In celebration of National Indian Day, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board will be hosting the 7th Annual Dancing in the Square Pow Wow Friday, September 28, 2012 from 12:00 to 7:00 pm at Portland’s Pioneer Square in the Downtown area. Grand Entry will be at 3:30 pm.
Attn: Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
Attn: Oregon (OR) Delegates & Tribal Health Directors
