Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation - Health Services
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation - Health Services
The Mashantucket Pequots are a native Algonquin people who endured centuries of conflict, survival, and continuity on and around North America's oldest Indian reservation (Est. 1666) located in southeastern Connecticut. In 1637, the Pequots became the first native people to survive a genocidal massacre at the hands of European immigrants, in what would become the continental United States. Pequot history is an unprecedented story of redemption and restoration, which is featured at the Tribe's world-class Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (www.pequotmuseum.org). Today, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation owns and operates one of the largest and most successful resort casinos in North America-Foxwoods Resort Casino (www.foxwoods.com)-along with a variety of other enterprises, including the Lake of Isles Golf Course (www.lakeofisles.com); Pequot Pharmaceutical Network (www.prxn.com), and the Spa at Norwich Inn (www.thespaatnorwichinn.com). All together, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation remains one of the State of Connecticut's highest tax payers and largest employers, and has contributed more than $3 billion to Connecticut through the first-of-its-kind tribal gaming revenue-sharing agreement, enacted in 1993. Likewise, the Tribe provides generous assistance to nonprofit organizations that support its local communities.
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Services Offered
Tribal Health Services The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation contracts with the federal government Indian Health Services to provide the following services to our eligible Native American population: *Holistic, primary care services are offered by appointment and include comprehensive physicals for men and women, diagnostic laboratory services, well-child and adult immunizations and ambulatory care services for men, women and children. Tribal Health Services provides identification and coordination of care for specialty needs. *Diabetes education and management *Community Health Nurse outreach, including home visits, transportation and health education *Nutrition and lifestyle counseling *Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, including activities for addressing special health concerns aimed at youth, adults and elders *Behavioral Health, Alcohol/Substance Abuse comprehensive assessment and screening, counseling, outreach and crisis management *Support Services, including administration, medical records management, case management and social services coordination *Contract Health Services for eligible clients, including identification and access to alternate resources and processing referrals and payments to contract health providers
Primary care services, well-child and adult immunizations are offered by appointment and ambulatory care services for men, women and children by appointment or on a walk-in basis.
Fees and Payment
the Tribe provides generous assistance to nonprofit organizations that support its local communities.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare Medicaid
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