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November 19, 2012NIHB Special Analysis Series Post-General Election 2012: What it Means for Indian Health Policy
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is producing several fact papers about the post-election 2012 and the health reform implications, focusing specifically on how they pertain to Indian Country.
For an update about the health exchanges and the approaching deadline for states to announce their decision to implement a state exchange, click here (PDF).
To view a state by state comparison of governors’ decisions on implementing state exchanges, click here (PDF).
For an update about the general post-presidential and congressional election results, click here (PDF).
Stay tuned for more NIHB Special Analysis Series fact sheets.
The National Indian Health Board is pleased to announce our new initiative GO the EXTRA MILE
The National Indian Health Board is pleased to announce our new initiative GO the EXTRA MILE, the result of our Executive Director Stacy A. Bohlen signing the CEO Pledge. The CEO Pledge is part of a national campaign to encourage Executive Directors to commit to supporting and fostering a physically-active workplace. NIHB’s GO the EXTRA MILE initiative achieves these goals by creating a workplace that supports physical activity for every member of its staff. Through the GO THE EXTRA MILE with NIHB initiative, staff is required to walk at least one mile each day for a year. We will aggregate these miles and “virtually” walk to each of the 12 Indian Health Service Areas, either to an Area Indian Health Board or to a Tribal Partner in Areas that do not have a Board.
To view the letter from our Executive Director, Stacy A. Bohlen about the CEO Pledge and the GO the EXTRA MILE, CLICK HERE.
On November 1, 2012, the first day of both American Indian Heritage Month and Diabetes Awareness month, NIHB will launch its GO THE EXTRA MILE initiative, and we invite you to join us on this year-long journey. The kickoff walk will take place at 8 AM in front of the National Museum of American Indians in Washington, D.C. NIHB wants to begin this journey by walking the first mile together!
To see Kickoff Walk flyer CLICK HERE.
We invite you to join NIHB by signing the CEO pledge and participating in the November 1st launch. You will have access to the NIHB Go The Extra Mile website (available on November 1st), which will include a toolkit, electronic mapping for your journey, and access to information like “Hot Health Tips” from our partner, the Association of American Indian Physicians.
For additional information about the GO the EXTRA MILE, CEO Pledge, and the kickoff walk, please contact Liz Heintzman at lheintzman@nihb.com and/or 202-507-4072. CLICK HERE to view the GO the EXTRA MILE proposal and CLICK HERE to view NIHB’s virtual walking plan.
OMB Sequestration Report Released: Significant Impact on Indian Health Service
On September 14, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its Sequestration report. As noted in the report, many of the federal health programs and services provided to and accessed by American Indians and Alaska Natives will experience significant cuts if sequestration goes into effect in 2013. In particular, the Indian Health Service’s discretionary accounts for services and facilities will be subject to an 8.2% across-the-board cut, which is quite different from what many originally understood and reported, and the IHS mandatory account of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians is subject to a 2% cut. The report notes that the 2% limit, as provided for the Indian Health Service’s services and facilities accounts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, applies “only for a discretionary cap sequestration and such accounts are fully sequestrable under a Joint Committee sequestration.” This means that nearly the entire Indian Health Service’s budget is subject to an 8.2% cut, and the total estimated automatic cut to the IHS budget is $356 million in Fiscal Year 2013.
OMB Sequestration Report (PDF)
NIHB Submits Statement on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians
August 24, 2012
On August 22, the National Indian Health Board submitted an official statement to the Senate Finance Committee in response to the August 8th Field Hearing at Crow Agency, MT, titled: Healing in Indian Country: Ensuring Access to Quality Health Care. The purpose of the Field Hearing was to address accessing quality health care in Indian Country. In addition to the tribal testimony provided at the Field Hearing, the statement highlights two additional recommendations: Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) reauthorization and protection of the Indian Health Service budget through any cuts enacted through the sequestration process next January. The SDPI statement will be posted on the Senate Finance Committee website in the coming months as it becomes a part of the official record.
NIHB Field Hearing Statement on SDPI 8.22.12 (PDF)
Today, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced the final rule for Stage 2 of meaningful use in the EHR Incentive Payments Program and ONC announced the standards and certification criteria final rule!
To continue positioning yourselves as a trusted advisor, it is important for you to announce this milestone to your stakeholders as soon as possible. Your timely communication reinforces your connection to the federal agencies that make these impactful determinations.
To quickly push out the announcement, utilize the attached template email and below tweets.
Stage 2 Final Rule released on CMS website:
CMS announces new Stage 2 meaningful use rule for #EHRs.
Read more (PDF).
ONC Final Rule released Standards & Certification Criteria (Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology): ONC announces new Stage 2 meaningful use rule for #EHRs. Read more (PDF).
CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Stage 2 Final Rule (PDF)
ONC Fact Sheet: 2014 Edition Standards & Certification Criteria (S&CC) Final Rule (PDF)
Events
December 11, 2012
All Tribes Call on Essential Health Benefits (EHB), Actuarial Value, and Accreditation & Health Insurance Market Rules
Written comments are due December 26
TIME: 12:30pm-3:00pm EST
CALL-IN NUMBER: 800-289-0436
PASSCODE: 204535
Webinar Access: kauffmaninc.adobeconnect.com/r167xbc0h2r/
Presentation slides will only be available during the call. To access the slides, please login to the website as a Guest.
December 11, 2012
SDPI Symposium
TIME: 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Hotel.
Please RSVP at Jessica_Hunt@hcmstrategists.com.
December 11, 2012
White House & HHS Tribal ACA Call
3:00-4:00 PM EST
Conference Call #: 888-552-9182
Pass code: 1598939
For more information about ACA and to view the latest quarterly report and a schedule of calls for 2013, please visit the NIHB tribal Health reform website by clicking here
December 12, 2012
TTAG December Teleconference
2:30pm-4:00pm EST
CALL-IN-NUMBER: 877-267-1577
PASSCODE:9925
December 12-13, 2012
Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee Quarterly Meeting
Time: All Day
LOCATION: Indian Health Service Headquarters, The Reyes Building, Rockville, MD
December 14, 2012
All Tribes Call on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014
Written comments are due December 31, 2012
Time: 1:00 - 3:00pm EST
Call-In Number: 888-778-9063
PASSCODE: 315914
Webinar Access: kauffmaninc.adobeconnect.com/r410lh6lqs7/
Presentation slides will only be available during the call. To access the slides, please login to the website as a Guest.
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