INDIAN HEALTH SERVICEPORTLAND AREA DIRECTOR’S

UPDATE

Dean M Seyler - Area DirectorOctober 27, 2015

NPAIHB Quarterly Board MeetingWildhorse Casino

Renew And Strengthen Our Partnership With Tribes and Urban Indian Health Programs

Governing Board Meetings All Six Service Units Bi-annual – Department Best Practices Future Presentations At QBM All Five DST Councils invite To Every Meeting

IHS Director’s Listening SessionCorrective Action PlanExpect To Hear From Mr. McSwain

Renew And Strengthen Our Partnership With Tribes and Urban Indian Health Programs

Public Health Service Update Transition of HR Support to Coast Guard. No New Orders after November 13th Through January 1st

New Commissioned Corps Liaison For Portland Area Commissioned Officers Effective Report (COER) Deadlines

Renew And Strengthen Our Partnership With Tribes and Urban Indian Health Programs

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Site Visit November 4th,5th, 6th Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy Senior Program Analyst Site Visit Locations:

NARA Siletz Tribal Health Care Program Western Oregon Service Unit

Renew And Strengthen Our Partnership With Tribes and Urban Indian Health Programs

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergencies/Disasters, 2015 Northwest Drought and Wildfires Roseburg Shooting Incident

IHS Actions Tribal inclusion on State and Federal declarations Provided technical assistance and expertise Critical medical supplies, public and behavioral health

services and environmental equipment to impacted Tribes FY16 INITIATIVES

Injury Prevention Projects Environmental Health Program Capacity Development Study of Environmental Exposures in Child Care Settings

Improve The Quality Of And Access To Care

CHEF Balance Remains at 4 Million as of 10/23/15 59 PA CHEF Cases Submitted & 16 Amended Cases $2,469,211.33 submitted for reimbursement $1,704,802.00 funded thus far

New CHEF guidelines will be released mid-November Webinar will be scheduled by the Area PRC Manager

ICD10 Roll-out October 1, 2015 Minimal issues so far

ICD10

Roll-out October 1, 2015 Minimal issues so far CMS Certified Coder Training Aug 3-14

25 I/T/U in attendance

FOIA Data Base 16 Tribal RPMS Sites (for ICD10 Prep)

PCC& CHS (anything that touches a diagnosis code) 28 EHR Sites:

Patches 14, 15, & 16 loaded 47 additional add on patches uploaded in September Completed 25 Sites so far 3 remaining

To Reform the IHS

To Improve the Quality of and Access to Care

Portland Area Facilities Advisory Committee (PAFAC)

Developing a Project Proposal that Demonstrates Readiness for Implementation. Location POR/PJD/Business Plan Tribal Support.

The PAFAC is Meeting Regularly and Developing Recommendations to Strengthen the Project Proposal.

To Improve the Quality of and Access to Care

Fall 2015 Portland Area Clinical Director’s Meeting November 5-6, 2015 Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)

Spring 2016 Portland Area Clinical Director’s Meeting (tentative) April 7-8, 2016 in Portland Follows the NPAIHB Clinicians Cancer Update (April 6, 2016)

IHS Essential Training on Pain and Addiction Repeat virtual session offered Nov. 18, 2015 at 8:00 am PT

Connection InformationGo to: http://ihs.adobeconnect.com/painandaddiction/ Select the “Enter as a Guest” optionEnter your name, first and last, with designation in the box designated Name (ex: Jane Doe,

MD).Enter the passcode : addictionClick on the “Enter Room” button

To Improve the Quality of and Access to Care

Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SPDI)- FY2016 Diabetes Prevention and Healthy Heart grants have ended. Funding for “Data Grants” will be an Area-level decision. Funding has been reallocated to existing programs.

Urban Projects- $1 million increase Community-Directed Grants- $25,552,678 increase

Portland Area- $1,198,021 increase ($6,932,564 total) National funding formula remained the same, though with

more recent data on User Population (2012) and disease burden (prevalence).

Selected grantees will be announced in December. Portland Area Funds Distribution

Ensure that our work is transparent, accountable, fair,

and inclusive

FY18 Budget Formulation Meeting November 10, 2015 Embassy Suites at Portland Airport

Area Office Staffing Update Selected Area Dental Officer-withdrew acceptance Martha Young retired effective Sept 30th Area Diabetes Officer –expect advertisement within next

six months

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Our Mission... to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level.

Our Goal... to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people.

Our Foundation... to uphold the Federal Government's obligation to promote healthy American Indian and Alaska Native people, communities, and cultures and to honor and protect the inherent sovereign rights of Tribes.