Elderly woman with floral chest tattoos flexes confidently in a breast cancer awareness image. Bold text reads, "Breaking the Silence: Starting the Breast Health Conversation in Our Communities," with pink ribbons and the Kauffman and Associates, Inc. logo.

Breaking the Silence: Starting the Breast Health Conversation in Our Communities

By Jo Ann Kauffman, MPHPresident/Founder, Kauffman and Associates, Inc. In 2020, while the rest of the country was in the throes of COVID-19, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Not just any breast cancer…. Stage 3, metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) to be exact. An aggressive little beast.  This came as quite a shock. … Read Now

Medicaid, IHS, and Tribal Provider Alliance

By former State of Montana Medicaid Director, Mary E. Dalton, Dalton Consulting LLC  Disclaimer from author: I am not an attorney and I do not give legal advice. Throughout this paper, I will refer to different federal statutes or legislation, but I am referring to them from the perspective of a lay person reading the … Read Now

Celebrating National Native American Heritage Month

November is National Native American Heritage Month, a great opportunity to acknowledge American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. In October 2022, in his National Native American Heritage Month proclamation, President Biden upheld America’s obligation to recognize Indigenous people across the world: “We celebrate Indigenous peoples past and present and rededicate ourselves to … Read Now