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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 2008)
Spilyay T y m o o , W a rm Springs, O reg on A p ril 24-, 2 0 0 8 Page 9 Clinic hoping for success with Health Plan applications The Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center has started receiving Oregon Health Plan Standard applications from the “reservation list” enrollments that began in late January. The IHS business office and Rhonda G reene o f the Man aged Care program worked to gether to enroll as many Warm Springs community members as possible during the Jan.28-Feb. 29 enrollment period. Reservation list applications were distributed to most Warm Springs small businesses, Kah- Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino, the Confederated Tribes o f Warm Springs payroll depart m ent and the Warm Springs Forest Products. M artiRai Ramsey, contact representative from the Health and Wellness Center, attended a monthly meeting in Salem with the Department o f Human Ser vices, where she learned o f an other Oregon community that registered all o f their eligible patients for the “reservation list,” and had the applications sent to the local clinic to assure that they were completed and processed. Ramsey realized that her out reach methods were not produc ing the com munity response anticipated. She returned to the Health and Wellness Center and began entering all eligible pa tie n ts w h o . currently had a “W arm S prings” address r- about 1,350 patients. T he H ealth and Wellness C enter business office sta ff worked together to make sure that all eligible patients were reg istered before the Feb. 29 dead line. Thirty-eight Warm Springs patients were selected to receive an application in the month of March and 36 were selected for April. Once the application is received the applicant has 30 days to return the completed application to the Salem Oregon Health Plan office. Each applicant is allowed to sign up all eligible household members, ages 19-64, who have no insurance or are under-in sured, not currently pregnant, and m eeting federal incom e guidelines. I f your name is drawn in the coming months, you will be con tacted by MartiRai Ramsey to come into the clinic to complete your application. Be prepared to provide copies o f your birth certificate, tribal ID, state license BARGAIN HUNTERS Jewelry & Loan Best prices anywhere! S 90-DAY LOANS or ID, and Social Security card, as well as documents verifying your income. I f you cannot pro vide all these documents, please call Ramsey at the number listed below. All children 18 and younger are currently eligible, to apply for the OHP Plus benefits. Children can apply for the Oregon Health Plan even if their parents are not currently eligible. Parents can come to the clinic to see Ramsey or Rhonda Greene to complete an appEcation for their children. Congratulations to all selected M arch applicants, for your prompt response in applying for benefits. We look forward to a successful return of completed April applications as well. To reach Ramsey call 553- 1196. (Submitted by the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center.) Hospital A uxiliary scholarships available by M arie W illiam s Scholarship chair It is open season and the hunt is on in Jefferson County for local scholarships. Applications are still being accepted from Mt. View Hos pital Auxiliary scholarship program, which also admin isters the Velva K. Bean Me morial Scholarship fund and the Kimberly Olson Memo rial Scholarship fund. The gift of financial sup port has helped many local students to stay the course in their pursuit of higher edu cation in the medical and healthcare professions. With $20,000 to give away this year, the auxiliary consid ers a wide variety of criteria and n o t just grades alone when determining who the recipients will be. The program is open to residents in Jefferson County and all of Warm Springs. Part time students are now eligible to apply if they are taking a minimum o f 6 credit hours. The application is now easier than ever to find at its new home on the Mt. View H o sp ital w ebsite at www.mvhd.org. O n the home page just click on Volunteer Opportu nities in the list o f Quick Links. You may notice the ap- phcation is longer and more detailed but don’t let that scare you. It is lengthier be cause it was designed to reach all types o f students that do and don’t fit the category of high school senior headed right for coUege. But the deadEne is around the corner and no more ap- pEcations wiE be accepted af ter M ay 15. Q uestions? Please call me 475-6453. IRA’S SALES & SERVICE, INC. State Licensed Pawnbroker Best rates, longest terms isical In s tru m e n ts Tools ¡Home Electronics ds * Knives to Games *DVD>s*fe CD’s We buy GOLD - Scrap - Dental; We buy SILVER Scrap Metal, Used Auto & Truck Parts, Wrecking Service, Diesel Trucks, Pick-ups & Cars 175 SE 5th St., Madras, OR 97741 475-3861 475-3745 18l SW Merritt Lane, Madras OPEN W ed.-Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m; Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cars 8 Trucks 4 U 1765 S. Hwy 97 in South Madras ph: 419-8088 fax: 475-7348
