Arturo Davalos

Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA)

Halito! The Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) serves a 10.5 county area located in Southeastern Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation Health Care Center is the hub of our health system with eight outlying clinics located in Atoka, Broken Bow, Durant, Hugo, Idabel, McAlester, Poteau and Stigler. The clinics are intended to make care accessible to all areas of the Choctaw Nation Service Area. In addition to the hospital and clinics, CNHSA operates a number of other services througout southeastern Oklahoma including a Diabetes Wellness Center, Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse programs, residential treatment facilities and 13 Wellness Centers (fitness centers). CNHSA provides health care using a public health model. According to this model, health promotion and disease prevention are equally important as taking care of sick patients. The public health model makes an effort to keep people well and healthy as opposed to treating them when they become ill. The health system dedicates significant resources to keeping people well.