January 2007 NOHC Conference Call

Indian Health Service Dental Program

National Oral Health Council Minutes

Executive Committee

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DATE / Conference Call / PLACE / QUOROM MET / LEADER / RECORDER
11 January 2007 / Yes / Stuart Holmes / Jan Colton
ATTENDANCE / NO / YES / NO / YES / NO / YES /
Aberdeen: Kim Sturm / X / Nashville:
Joyce Biberica / X / Specialist:: Jan Colton / X
Alaska: George Bird / X / Navajo:
Heshmat Mortazavi / X / Hygiene: Travis Fisher / X
Albuquerque: Bill Morningstar / X / Oklahoma: Anthony Likes / X / Dental Assistant:
Linda Canada / X
Bemidji: Kirk Ritchie / X / Phoenix: Stuart Holmes / X / ADO: Rick Troyer / X / X
Billings: Phil Driscoll / X / Portland: Kevin Zimmerman / X / HQE Liaison: Pat Blahut
California: Richard Schoen / X / Tucson: Joe Hosek / X / HQE Representative:
Jim Schaeffer / X

GUESTS:

ACTION ITEM / DISCUSSION/RECOMMENDATION / ACTION / FOLLOW-UP
RESP. PARTY
F/UP DATE /
ADO Report / We remain on CR until at least February.
Discussed GPRA and levels set as goals.
129 students interested in 79 externship positions.
No new loan repayment until CR is ended.
Program for Updates to be finalized by the end of January.
Please forward names of individuals who would be interested in teaching Expanded Functions as their will be something similar to a train the trainer program. / Info only / Holmes/Troyer
Elections / Vice-Chair and Secretary should be 2nd year representatives. Election upcoming. / Info to be sent out / Colton/Holmes
Anticoagulation Articles / Article list developed and sent out to NOHC representatives. Interested in posting such lists on the website. Advised that legal aspects must be considered. Must develop review process. See attached email from Dr. Blahut / Revised/Updated article to be sent to representatives for review / Sturm
DA Elections / No report. Dr. Morningstar unable to contact Linda Canada. / Place on Combined Councils agenda. / Holmes/All
Combined Councils / Schedule: Monday-Thursday, Friday travel
Facility: Bahia in San Diego, CA
Develop Topics/See Old Work Plans
Contact ADOs and Chiefs for ideas to work on
Mary Beth Kinney: CDE and Website issues
Diane Cooper: NIH Library Access
Dee Robertson: Clorhexadine Varnish Study / Send questions for Dr. Grim to Dr. Holmes / Holmes/All
HP/DP / All proposals for annual hp/dp awards have been reviewed, scored, and rank ordered. As soon as we have a better idea of our annual fy07 budget, I will be able to announce funding. At present, it appears this announcement will be made in mid-February / Blahut
MCRP / There was no committee meeting in December. No new dental cases were received within the last month. / Blahut
GPRA / Final annual goals have been finalized with OMB. The new OMB examiner assigned to IHS requested modest increases to be postulated for all objectives (not just the three dental objectives). Suggested annual objectives that maintained previous production were deemed “not ambitious enough.” However, dental managed to emerge with three annual goals that do not postulate any increases:
1. Access to care: 24% (which was our goal last year. We achieved this goal two years ago, and barely failed to achieve it last year.)
2. Patients receiving at least one topical fluoride application: 95,439 (this was our production last year)
3. Dental sealants: 246,645 (this was our production last year, and represents the only diminished annual goal, at present, for any discipline. Our goal last year was 249,882.) / Blahut
Orientation to IHS / HHS / HQE / For the last few years HQ dental personnel have hosted our GP residents for a two one-week sessions, one in the fall and one in the spring, for an orientation to IHS, HHS, HQ, and various other agencies we interact with such as HRSA and NIH.
Starting next fall, we are going to open this opportunity to a limited number of dental providers who are not in our GP residency programs. At first, this opportunity will be limited to members of selected workgroups, such as the ADO group and the National Oral Health Council.
It is not clear yet if funding will be available to cover any expenses for this orientation. / Blahut
DePac Representation / Would like more coordination between the two groups on items or areas which are of concern to both constituencies / Bird
Other / N/A / All
Next Conference Call / 8 February 2007 / Holmes
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!