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Services Offered
Behavioral Health and Social Services
- Clinical Services to individuals, groups, and families
- Psychosocial evaluation
- Psychological evaluations / Case Management
- Crisis intervention
- Stress management
- Services address problems of child/adult abuse or neglect, domestic violence or abuse, sexual assault victims, referral to appropriate agency services
- Patient and family education
- Case consultation
- Alcohol after care
- Employee assistance program
- Group facilitation and counseling
- Emergency, outpatient, and inpatient services
- Consultation/liaison service
- Forensic and auxiliary services
- The criteria for use of behavioral or social services includes: persons presenting with problems of an emotional, psychiatric, psychological, or behavioral including marital, parent-child, or grief/loss issues. Patients can either be self-referred or referred by another agency.
Business Office
- Patient registration
- Admissions
- Third party billing
Community Health Nursing
- Communicable Disease Control Program
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Tuberculosis Control / Hepatitis Control
- Other Communicable Diseases - case find, case investigation, treatment supervision, individual & community education
- Immunization Program – Childhood and Adult
- Maternal Child Health Program
- Prenatal Counseling/Education
- High Risk follow-up
- Infant/Child Program – newborn-infant assessment, parenting counseling, safety education, infant feeding, growth & development counseling, coordination of special needs services
- Home Visiting Services
- School Program
- Consultation Services
- Presentation of Health Topics
- Senior Program
- Health Promotion/screening activities
- Coordination of services
- Tribal Health Program
- Participation in Health Fairs/Community Activities
- Consultation & In-services
- Emergency Preparedness
- Planning & Coordination
- Community Education
Contract Health Services
- The CHS program is a financial service provided by the Indian Health Service to help pay for services outside of the IHS facilities. It is not a guarantee nor an insurance program and not all IHS patients are covered.
- CHS verifies and prove patients meet the guidelines to be eligible for CHS funds.
Dental
- Fillings
- Extractions
- Pediatrics
- Limited Dentures
- Limited Prosthodontics
- Sealant / Fluoride Program for schools
Diabetes Program
- Works closely with medical staff as a diabetes care team
- Provides diabetes education and awareness
- Provides opportunities to enhance individuals’ weight-control efforts
- Offers blood glucose and blood pressure screening for the community
- Coordinates home blood glucose monitoring program
- Collaborates with the Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Diabetes Programs in promoting diabetes prevention and optimal health in the schools and community
- Provides professional services of a clinical psychologist
- Provides professional services of a registered dietitian
Laboratory/Radiology
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Comprehensive COLA Accredited Laboratory Services
Medical Records
- Support all health information that is generated in the facility
- Distribute health information
- Provide medical transcription of health information
- Maintain medical records
- Maintain the integrity, availability and security of health information
Medical Services
- Family Practice
- Colposcopy
- Teen Clinic
- Women’s Health
- Flex Sigmoidoscopy
- Stress Test
- Well Child
- After Hours Clinic
- Pediatric
Nursing
- Administrative services for nursing department
- Nursing support for all clinics (in-house, Teen Clinic, Specialty, etc.)
- Infusions, Injections, Immunizations
- Chemotherapy
- Procedures
- Patient Education
- Electronic Health Record
- Establishing policies and procedures
Optometry
Office of Environmental Health
- Sanitation provides sanitation facilities for Indian Homes under PL86-121
- Environmental Health Services covers general environmental health, community injury prevention and institutional environmental health
Utilization Review and Compliance
- Prevention, recognition, and correction of actual and potential Medicare/Medicaid “Fraud-Abuse-Waste”
- Compliance with all government regulations, policies and procedures
- Assures facility resources are used appropriately and efficiently
Housing
Housing is located on the agency compound but availability fluctuates depending on the staffing needs and current housing market. Government housing is assigned on an individual basis. The housing arrangements are administered via the Administration Officer, Wind River Service Unit.
All are within walking distance of the Fort Washakie Clinic and the Wind River. Personnel are responsible for rent and utility costs in government housing.
Staff may also elect to live in the surrounding communities of Lander which is 16 miles South of Fort Washakie or Riverton which is 10 miles east of Arapahoe. Local realtors in those communities can be contacted regarding rentals or purchase of homes.
Shopping and other services can be done in Lander (population of approximately 7,500) or Riverton (population of approximately 9,600). Casper, WY is located in the central part of the state and is our largest city in Wyoming. It is approximately 2.5 hours from Lander.
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