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Happy New Year from Behavioral Health, which provides many different services to Tribal members By Jen Metcalf, Women’s TLC Coordinator Happy New Year! We ended 2016 in a good way at the Behavioral Health (BH) program by taking clients to the NARA Sobriety Pow-Wow in Portland, Ore. Lots of changes took place for BH in 2016. Welcome back to Ashliegh Ramirez and congratulations on your college graduation! Some things to look forward to in the next few months are the monthly CEDARR meetings. These meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the sec- ond floor conference room (Shell room) at the Siletz Community Health Clinic. Lunch is provided. Our next meeting is on Feb. 1. Topics of discussion will include goals that were completed in 2016 and looking at goals for 2017. Don McDonald from PAADA (Partnership Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse) will speak about drug-free com- munities and a possible mentoring grant. Prevention efforts are consistent at Siletz Valley School. Project Alert is an evidence-based curriculum that is used in grades six through eight. Other upcoming events from Preven- tion inlcude the Eradication March, Daugh- Attention Siletz Contract Health-eligible Tribal members! If you receive Contract Health Services approval to see providers/facilities outside of a Tribal clinic, please be sure to inform them at your visit that you have Contract Health Services as a form of payment. We have seen a number of patients billed for services from their medical/ dental/optical providers because the patient did not inform the office that they have Contract Health Services. If you have primary insurance (through employment, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.), we would be secondary to the primary insurance. If you fail to provide this information to your providers and they don’t bill us in a timely manner, you could be liable for the charges. Please let your providers know that they can submit claims for payment to: ters of Tradition (White Bison) and many other prevention best practices. Watch the newspaper for additional information. Substance abuse outpatient coun- selors are steadily serving our members daily. We have multiple weekly outpatient groups, including Relapse Prevention, Education, Women’s Group, Life Skills and White Bison’s Wellbriety. Our Tribal Transitional Living Centers are filling up quickly. A waiting list currently exists for the women’s house and there’s limited availability at the men’s house. Positive Indian Parenting started on Jan. 29 and runs from 9-11 a.m. at the Behav- ioral Health office. This is facilitated by Angela Ramirez, Wylie Stokes and myself. Our mental health therapists have been busy serving both youth and adult clients. Rachel serves the Portland and Salem areas and Mary-Beth serves the Siletz areas. They are busy working on a contract for after-hours mental health assistance for Tribal members when Tribal offices are closed. We will provide additional information as we receive it. For any Behavioral Health appoint- ments or information, please contact our data coordinator, Jacob Reid, at 541-444- 8286 or toll-free at 800-600-5599. Clinic, continued from page 1 between providers leads to errors and delays in health care. If you are truly unsatisfied with your PCP, we ask that you meet with one of our case managers, Cherity Bloom-Miller, RN, or Jesse Hodges. During this meeting, Siletz Contract Health P.O. Box 320 Siletz, OR 97380 you can voice your concerns so we can assist you in mediating these concerns in order to assure consistent health care. If we are unable to resolve this issue to your satisfaction, we will assist you in tran- sitioning your health care to another team. Siletz Community Health Clinic medical staff and team members Reminder The Siletz Clinic would like to remind parents and guardians that if you send your child to an appointment with someone other than yourself or other legal guardian, you will need to sign a Release of Information. This gives permission for another person to bring your child to appointments and for your child’s provider to discuss the child’s care with them. If you have any questions, please call 541-444-1030 or 800-648-0449. Thank you! In order to provide easy access and continuity of care, we are providing medical staff’s direct phone numbers. Please keep in mind we are not always at our desk, so if you need to speak with someone urgently the best thing to do is call the main clinic line at 541-444-1030 and ask reception for help. • • • • Siletz Community Health Clinic Providers Medical • Dental Lisa Taylor, Medical Director Dr. Jeremy Vistica, Dental Director Dr. Stewart Tuft, Physician (Family Medicine) Dr. Gordon Stanger, Dentist Dr. Fred Chavez, Physician (Family Medicine) Teresa Carpenter, Dental Hygienist Dr. Jalien Dorris, Physician (Family Medicine) Dr. Stephen Burns, Physician (Pediatrics) Optometry Dr. Sean Rash, Physician (Pediatrics) Dr. Lorene Stanger, Optometrist William Fisher, Physician Assistant • • • • • • Team Taylor: Lisa Taylor, FNP; Nurse Joyce Dukes, 541-444-9602; and Medical Assistant Laura Bremner-Duarte, 541-444-9665 Team Chavez: Dr. Fred Chavez; Nurse William Kobialka, 541-444-9661; and Medical Assistant Melissa Strickler, 541-444-9608 Team Dorris: Dr. Jalien Dorris; Nurse Joy McNamara, 541-444-9628; and Medical Assistant Trudy Rector, 541-444-9634 Team Fisher: William Fisher, PA; Nurse John Kosydar, 541-444-9671; and Medi- cal Assistant Jeff Fuller, 541-444-9612 Team Peds: Stephen Burns, MD, and Sean Rash, MD; Medical Assistant Dawn Cornejo, 541-444-9684 Case Manager and Nursing Supervisor: Cherity Bloom-Miller, RN, 541-444-9610 Medical Social Worker: Jessie Hodges, 541-444-9607 Referral Specialist and Coordinator: Selina Rilatos, 541-444-9691 Lab Technician: Katherine Daniel, 541-444-9616 Diabetic Educator: Chris Sherrod, 541-444-9647 On-Call Medical and Lab Assistant: Gabriella Weiss-Vickers, 541-444-9688 Welcome to your new Patient Centered Medical Home! Siletz Community Health Clinic Monday - Friday 8am-5pm We’ll do everything possible to not only provide you with quality health care, but also to involve you in decisions about your health, and participate with you in developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for the future. Siletz Community Health Clinic offers comprehensive health care to ALL residents of Lincoln County. We accept Private Insurance, Medicare & Medicaid Call the Clinic for more information 541-444-1030 200 Gwee-Shut Rd • Siletz, OR 97380 4 • Siletz News • February 2017 When you’re ready to quit tobacco, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) or go to www.quitnow.net/oregon/
