Category: Public Notices

Cervical Cancer Awareness and Prevention–wear TEAL color in January:

Each January we observe cervical cancer awareness month and reflect on a disease that affects over 12,000 women in the U.S. each year with approximately 4,000 associated deaths. Although the rate of cervical cancer in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women has decreased over time, AI/AN women continue to have 4.2 times the rate of illnesses and deaths due to cervical cancer when compared to non-Native women. Often, AI/AN women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in more advanced stages making successful treatment and cure more difficult.
Although the cause of cervical cancer is not completely understood and research continues, it is known that sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) plays an important role in the development of cervical cancer. While HPV is common and almost every sexually active person will get it at some time in their life, few men and women will go on to develop cancer. When the body’s immune system can’t get rid of a high-risk HPV infection, it can linger over time and turn normal cells into abnormal cells and then cancer. Risk factors associated with cervical cancer include early onset of sexual activity, having multiple sex partners, exposure to other sexually transmitted infections, smoking, and having a weakened immune system. Pain during sex or unexplained vaginal bleeding can be indicative of illness, but there are often no symptoms associated with cervical cancer, and diagnosis requires an examination and testing by a health care provider.

For Patients

Beginning March 25, 2019, there will be a dedicated Community Partners Line (limited for use to the services listed below) specifically staffed by local Supervisors knowledgeable on Nevada protocols. This line was established to serve as a direct point of contact for day-to-day issues for the following:

• Scheduling inpatient facility/hospital discharges
• Scheduling non-emergency transfers to other medical facilities
• Acting as a liaison with tribal entities
• Coordinating non-emergency transport for legal holds from law enforcement and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers
• Answering general questions regarding scheduled trips

Community Partner Line Number

Hours of Operation:
(844) 299-6333 Monday – Friday 
7 a.m. – 5 p.m. PST
After Hours Line:
(844) 879-7341* 

The after hours line is MTM’s standard Nevada phone number

Again, this line is not intended for members to call and schedule transportation.
Members must continue to call the MTM Customer Service Line to schedule transportation at (844) 879-7341.

We look forward to continuing our work with you to remove community barriers through quality transportation!

Saturday April 13th, 2019
Winnemucca Events Complex
Walk Sign-in: 8:30am
Walk Begins: 9:00am
(with plenty of time to prepare for the Powwow after)

T-shirts for the first 50 Youth and first 100 Adults to finish!

Click here to download the flyer

The Fort McDermitt Wellness Center welcomes Ms. Pamela Sherwill-Navarro, FNP, as our new locum tenens medical provider (Family Nurse Practitioner).  Pamela’s  nursing career began a while back–  has experience in family medicine with an emphasis in chronic care diseases.

To make an appointment with Ms. Sherwill-Navarro, please call the FMWC Patient Registration Desk at (775) 532-8522, select “option 1”. 

• Appointment schedules are made Tuesday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. each day.   
• The “Walk-in Clinic” is every Monday’s from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
• LUNCH is every day from 12 p.m to 1 p.m. 
• FRIDAY’s from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Administrative Day is the afternoon of Friday.

Health Director/Executive Director:  Dr. Jacqueline J. Bae, MHA, FACHE

Dr. Jacqueline J. Bae is a seasoned healthcare executive with practice management experience in primary and specialty care, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics, mobile clinics, behavioral health, urgent care, residency clinics, and Native American healthcare.  She has worked in both for-profit and non-profit environments–as CEO, Director of Health Services, Executive Director, and as a provider specialized in Endocrinology.

Dr Bae’s experience also includes leadership in hospitals, wellness centers, hospice, home health, and managed care.  She is married and has a son.

Executive Assistant:  Billy Bell

This is Billy’s first healthcare field experience, however, he brings us experience in administering and supervising tribal programs, grants and contracts, and employees as a former Tribal Administrator, Tribal Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Fort McDermitt Tribal Council.  His role is to assist the Health Director and the Tribal Health Board in a broad variety of administrative tasks, including, communicating directly on behalf of the Health Director, with the Health Board Members, and others on matters related to the Fort McDermitt Wellness Center’s programmatic initiatives, and provides leadership to build relationships crucial to the success of the wellness center and manages a variety of special projects for the Health Director.

The Fort McDermitt Wellness Center welcomes Ms. Pamela Sherwill-Navarro, FNP, as our new locum tenens medical provider (Family Nurse Practitioner).  Pamela’s  nursing career began a while back–  has experience in family medicine with an emphasis in chronic care diseases.

To make an appointment with Ms. Sherwill-Navarro, please call the FMWC Patient Registration Desk at (775) 532-8522, select “option 1”. 

• Appointment schedules are made Tuesday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. each day.   
• The “Walk-in Clinic” is every Monday’s from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
• LUNCH is every day from 12 p.m to 1 p.m. 
• FRIDAY’s from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Administrative Day is the afternoon of Friday.

The Fort McDermitt Wellness Center does not currently have a medical provider for the following days:

Monday, November 26, 2018 through Friday, November 30, 2018

Patients can seek medical care at the Humboldt General Hospital – Emergency Room, so long as the following procedures are followed:

Upon return from ER visit, contact Sonya Hinkey, Patient Registration @ (775) 532-8522 – Option 1, and include the date and purpose of your visit.

Present your Medicare and/or Medicaid card or proof of private insurance, along with a state/federal issued identification card.

If you require non-emergency transport, please call Transportation to set up a ride.  Please give 36-hours notice if you want a ride, this will assure that we can can secure transportation.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCES.  If you have questions, contact: Billy Bell, Executive Assistant (Extension 219) or Dr. Bae, Health Director (Extension 220) at (775) 532-8522.

The medication refill process has not changed.  All patients are urged to contact the Elko Service Unit Pharmacy located at the Southern Bands Health Clinic at (775) 532-1437 to refill prescription medications.

You will be required to provide your medical record (chart number).  If you do not have this number, contact Sonya Hinkey or Taela Tobey by calling the Wellness Center’s Patient Registration at (775) 532-8522 – Option 1.

IHS Pharmacist Ben Le will be on-site on Wednesday, November 28, 2018