*What*: Justin Iwasaki - Primary care innovation in the United
States: Tribal Health Centers + Affordable Care Act
*When:* Tuesday, Nov 25 at 12pm
*Where:* The Allen Center, CSE 203
Please join us for this weeks Change Seminar. This week Justin Iwasaki
MD MPH will be talking about exciting new opportunities for primary
health care he is implementing as director of the Lummi Tribal Health
Center on the Lummi Nation near Bellingham, WA.
*Abstract:*
The Affordable Care Act has created an unprecedented financial
opportunity for Tribal Health Centers to be centers for primary care
innovation. The Indian Health Service provides a capitated payment to
Tribal Health Centers well above the range of most leading direct
primary care organizations. With Medicaid expansion, many more tribal
members have become eligible for benefits with very healthy
reimbursement rates unique to Tribal Health Clinics. These two factors
have created a financial model for Tribal Health Centers allowing them
to fulfill many of the needs most primary care clinics cannot afford to
provide. The Lummi Nation has recognized these unique opportunities and
is in the process of developing new methods for improving healthcare
delivery to its people. We are exploring ways technology can address
culturally appropriate strategies to answer two fundamental questions
for our patients:
1. Do I need to see a doctor?
2. When and where should I be seen?
*About the speaker:*
Dr. Iwasaki is the Director of the Lummi Tribal Health Center located on
the Lummi Nation near Bellingham, WA. The health center provides
medical, dental, X-ray, laboratory, pharmacy, social work, behavioral
health, and health benefits services to approximately 5000 Native
American patients per year. Prior to this he completed a family medicine
residency at the University of Washington with areas of concentration in
global health and bioinformatics. He has worked across East Africa in
healthcare delivery, social enterprise and impact investing. As a
medical student he won Harvard Business School’s Social Venture
Competition and launched a for-profit social enterprise in Tanzania to
bring clean water to urban slums. Prior to medical school he worked in
the design shop for the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH).
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