Welcome to the website for the Urban Indian Health Summit. Here you will find information on the event, and links to helpful resources.
The Summit was held on January 13, 2011 at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. In addition, pre- and post- summit meetings were held on January 12 and 14, 2011. More information from these important meetings and events are listed below.
To view the Framing Document, please click here.
Developed from the Urban Indian Heath Summit, the report Actualizing Health Care for Urban Indians: An Action Plan from the Urban Indian Health Summit, serves as a Call for Action that outlines strategies to ensure the success of health care reform for urban Indians. It is intended to prompt an ongoing discussion that is responsive to feedback from urban Indians, the organizations that serve them, urban Indian health professionals, practitioners and others. Links to the full report, the Executive Summary and the Cover Letter are listed below. Paper copies of the report are available upon request.
Cover Letter from Ralph Forquera, Executive Director, Seattle Indian Health Board
The Urban Indian Health Summit was hosted by the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Urban Indian Health Institute and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Seattle Indian Health Board would like to thank the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its sponsorship of the Urban Indian Health Summit and production of the report.
The Seattle Indian Health Board would also like to acknowledge and thank the Planning Committee for its support and guidance with the Urban Indian Health Summit. For more information about the Planning Committee, please click here.
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The Urban Indian Health Summit
January 13th, 2011 at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.
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Summit Feedback:
We would appreciate your feedback regarding your experience at the Urban Indian Health Summit. The information you provide will assist us to better understand how this event met your needs, how we may be able to improve events such as this in the future, and to describe participants’ feedback and experience of the event within the final report.
All answers are anonymous and we thank you for your assistance.
To view the survey, please click here
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Overview of Events:
| January 12 – A pre-summit was held in partnership with the National Council of Urban Indian Health. This one day meeting worked to inform urban Indian health organizations on how the Affordable Care Act will affect the provision and financing of medical care.
Location: Churchill Hotel |
| January 13 – The all day summit on Capitol Hill brought together urban Indian health organizations, policy makers, federal partners, community advocacy groups, private foundations, researchers, and leaders in the field, to address issues tied to the success of health care reform.
Excerpt from Panel Presentation Location: Capitol Visitors Center |
| January 14 – Following the summit the Urban Indian Health Organizations reconvened to discuss the outcomes of the summit and formulated a “Call for Action,” that will help outline strategies to ensure the success of the reform for urban Indians.
Location: Churchill Hotel |
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Reference Websites:
Agencies and Organizations
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, http://www.ahrq.gov
California Consortium for Urban Indian Health, http://www.ccuih.org
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, http://www.cms.hhs.gov
Community Health Center, http://www.nachc.com
Federally Qualified Health Center, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/fqhc.asp
Health Resources & Services Administration, http://www.hrsa.gov
Health Resources & Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care: The Health Center Program http://bphc.hrsa.gov
Indian Health Service, http://www.ihs.gov
National Council of Urban Indian Health, http://www.ncuih.org
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Programs, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, http://www.rwjf.org
Urban Indian Health Institute, http://www.uihi.org
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, http://www.recovery.gov
Health Care Reform
The Kaiser Family Foundation PPACA Implementation Timeline http://healthreform.kff.org/timeline.aspx
The Kaiser Family Foundation, Summary of New Health Care Reform Law http://www.kff.org/healthreform/8061.cfm
Health Resources and Services Administration, Title V Urban Indian Program Director Letter, April 2010 http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/community/indianhealth/april2010letter.pdf
Families USA, Fact Sheet: How Health Reform Helps American Indians and Alaska Natives http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/health-reform/Help-for-American-Indians.pdf
National Council of Urban Indian Health, Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA) and Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) Preliminary Analysis http://www.ncuih.org/health_care_reform
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Care Reform
The Kaiser Family Foundation, Issue Brief: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in the New Health Reform Law http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7952-03.pdf
The Kaiser Family Foundation, Timeline: Medicaid and CHIP Health Reform Implementation http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8064.pdf
The Kaiser Family Foundation, Issue Brief: Summary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7948-02.pdf
Community Health Centers, Health Care Reform
National Association of Community Health Centers, Community Health Centers and Health Reform Summary of Key Health Center Provisions http://www.nachc.com/client/Summary%20of%20Final%20Health%20Reform%20Package.pdf
Kaiser Family Foundation, Community Health Centers: Opportunities and Challenges of Health Reform, August 2010 http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/8098.pdf
