The mission is to promote wellness, prevent disease, and treat disease within the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa community. As an organization, we are committed to working in partnership with the community for support of health and wellness to provide healthcare for individuals and families in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing process.
The Meskwaki Tribal Health Clinic provides two types of health care services: “Direct Care” and “Contract Health Services (CHS)”. These two types of services have their own set of rules and guidelines concerning Eligibility.
Direct Care is care that is provided within the Meskwaki Tribal Health Clinic. The patient must meet the following requirements to be eligible for Direct Care:
Patient is required to provide proof of being an enrolled member, or a descendant of an enrolled member, of a federally recognized tribe. A 30 Day Requirement for Proof Notice is signed by the patient. This notice allows the patient 30 days from date signed to provide this proof to the clinic. If proof is not provided, routine/ non emergency care will be discontinued.
Other Persons Eligible:
Non-Indian woman pregnant with an eligible Indian’s child through duration of the pregnancy & up to 6 weeks post-partum. (Eligible services are for pregnancy related conditions)
Non-Indian member of an eligible Indian’s household for a public health hazard (decision made by Health Service Director and Clinical Director)
Non-Indian adopted, foster or step children of an eligible Indian’s household up to 19 years of age.
Contract Health Services is intended to provide care away from a direct care facility. Patient must meet the direct care requirements and provide proof when requested.
The Contract Health Service (CHS) Program is not an entitlement program and a patient must meet the residence requirement which is Tama County to be deemed eligible for the Sac & Fox Tribe Contract Health Service (CHS) Program.
The patient must meet the following requirements to be eligible for Contract Health Services:
Permanent residence on a reservation (can be from any federally recognized tribe) or
Permanent residence on a CHSDA (Contract Health Service Delivery Area) and a member of that specific tribe or
Permanent residence on a CHSDA & meet close economic social ties with the Sac & Fox Tribe by:
Married to a tribal member (proof required) or employed by the tribe (proof required)
The close social and economic ties shall be determined and confirmed by the governing body of the Sac & Fox Tribe.
Hours of Operation: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday
Appointments: 8:30 to 10:30 and from 1:00 to 3:30 Monday thru Thursday.
1:00 to 3:30 on Friday.
Staff meetings: 9:00 am Wednesday - CHS Committee
10:00 am Friday - Diabetic Team
10:30 am Friday – General Staff
First Nurse: First Nurse is 24 hour nurse answering service. Phones will be forwarded from 4:30 pm to 8:00 am Monday thru Friday, all day Saturday, Sunday and Tribal Holidays.
Schedule Appointments: Please call to clinic for routine appointments such as lab draws, physicals, immunizations, med refills, mammograms, etc. should be scheduled a week in advance.
We need a 48 hour notice on all medication refills. If you run out and call that day, we cannot guarantee we will get to it that day so please allow time for this.
If you have not been seen in the clinic for awhile, we may give you a month refill or less and then have you make an appointment. We will not do any more refills after this unless you follow up in the clinic. Being seen in the clinic on a regular basis helps the providers with your disease process and also any medication adjustments.
Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.;
Friday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. -- Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and Tribal Holidays
If we are with a patient, we may not pick up the phone. If you need a refill, leave a message with your name, date of birth, and name of medications needed. We take prescriptions from our clinic, as well as form outside providers you have been referred to. We cannot currently fill prescriptions for patients with Title XIX (Medicaid).
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
