Nisqually Health Clinic
(360) 459-5312
The Nisqually Tribe offers limited primary care medical services and also employs a full-time dentist.
The Tribe bills Medicaid and Medicare for services provided to Medicaid and Medicare eligible patients and private insurance for those patients with private coverage. The clinic had a total of 1,368 patient visits in FY 1996. The Tribe operates the CHS program under its compact. The Tribe's Contract Health Service Delivery Area (CHSDA) is Pierce and Thurston counties.
The enrolled tribal population is just over 500 and the Indian population living on or near the reservation is 2,498. The active health clinic user population is 1,069. The leading causes of death are heart disease, malignant neoplasm, cirrhosis of the liver, accidents other than motor vehicle and cerebrovascular disease.
The clinic is operated in a single story, 3,000 SF tribal building constructed in the early 1980's. This building also houses the following programs, which operate under a self-governance compact:
- Medical
- Dental
- Contract Health Services
- Elders Program
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse
- Community Health Representative
- Diabetes
- Early Childhood Development
*Current Hours of Operation - Pharmacy announcement
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