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ILETZ NEWS
A monthly publication by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Vol. 29, No. 1, January 2001
Contract Health
Services (CHS)
Update 2001
Pharmacy: The limit for this
year is $400 when purchasing at
retail providers (Fred Meyer,
Wal-Mart, Rite Aid, etc.). All
maintenance
or
long-term
prescriptions must be mailed to
Pequot Pharmacy.
Any questions about mailing
should be directed to CHS or your
local CHA. Any problems or other
concerns about delivery should be
directed to Pequot. The telephone
number is on the back of your card
(1-888-779-6638).
Forty-mile radius is a policy
that is currently in effect. If you live
within a 40-mile radius of an IHS
(Indian Health Service) or tribal
clinic, you are restricted to using
that clinic for medical, dental,
pharmacy, and eye care needs.
Specialty care referrals must be sent
to CHS by Tuesday afternoons for
the Gatekeeping Committee
meetings on Wednesday mornings.
They may be mailed to PO Box
549, Siletz, OR 97380 or faxed to
541-444-9645. Please call CHS
directly with any questions.
Dental services are now
available for adults (please call in
your appointments). Services are
open for exams and X-rays with
treatment plans. All treatment plans
must be mailed or faxed in for
approval. Most services that are
deferred on the treatment plans may
General
Council
Meeting
Feb. 3, 2001
Siletz Tribal Community Center
AGENDA
Jay Christensen, Frank Simmons, and Harold McCord are part of the
team that worked on replacing the fishing platform at Euchre Creek.
See page 15 for the finished product.
be done at the IHS and tribal clinics.
Crowns, dentures, and root canals
are examples of what is not
approved in private practice.
Please remember to call in all
appointments.
Preferred providers are
currently contracted. Please call if
you have questions on referrals
made to providers you are not
familiar with. Corvallis and
Philomath residents should use
Samaritan Health Care providers.
Albany, Lebanon, and surrounding
areas are restricted to Chemawa or
Siletz clinics. Corvallis Clinic
should be used for specialists only.
If you have questions, call CHS
directly at 1-800-628-5720 or
541-444-1236.
Deferred services have been
reported to Portland Indian Health
Service as unmet needs. The level
of priority will remain the same.
Surgeries and other referrals that
cannot wait will be approved after
2001. When they are completed and
the restriction on dental is lifted for
adults, the Gatekeeping Committee
will do a cost analysis to see where
we’re at with funds before the level
of priority is changed.
Please remember to call in all
appointments. Pre-authorization is
required. If you have an emergency,
you have 72 hours to report your
visit to CHS.
See candidates’ statements on pages
7-12 and budgets on pages 22-23.
Call to Order
Invocation
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes -
Nov. 4, 2000
Tribal Member Concerns
Natural Resources Program
Chairman’s Report
Announcements
Adjournment
What’s Inside
Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Candidates’ Statements
Tribal Programs
Job Openings
Notices
Ordinances
Budgets
Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Passages
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Siletz News
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
Delores Pigsley, Tribal
Chairman
Brenda Bremner, General
Manager and Editor-in-Chief
1 p.m.
Acquisition Department
Knight Library
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene. OR 97403
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