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title: Blog | Matt Doogan (3)
description: Discover our latest insights, services, and approach to health care on our official Southcentral Foundation Nuka System of Care blog. (3)
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## [Substance Use Disorder Treatment Model](https://blog.scfnuka.com/substance-use-disorder-treatment-model)

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Substance use is a complex issue with many facets and a wide variety of approaches have been tried with varying degrees of success. Southcentral Foundation has developed an approach that differs...

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November 2, 2023

## [The Virtual Nuka Conference](https://blog.scfnuka.com/the-virtual-nuka-conference)

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Southcentral Foundation is pleased to announce the Virtual Nuka Conference, which will be held from February 14-16, 2024. We are once again excited to connect with attendees from around the world...

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October 17, 2023

## [About Our Budgeting Process](https://blog.scfnuka.com/budgeting-at-southcentral-foundation)

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Budgeting is of paramount importance in a large health care system due to several critical factors. Revenue considerations play a pivotal role as health care systems rely on a unique payor mix...

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October 6, 2023

## [Panel Balancing: The New Nuka Model](https://blog.scfnuka.com/panel-balancing-the-new-nuka-model)

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For years, health care has been faced with ever-expanding work demands from regulators and payers for charting, as well as demands for population health performance. Often, the consequence has been...

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September 11, 2023

## [Support for Executive Leadership and Leadership Teams](https://blog.scfnuka.com/support-for-executive-leadership-and-leadership-teams)

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The health care industry is struggling with staffing shortages and leaders are trying harder than ever to figure out how to support the workforce. Leaders set the direction for the organization,...

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August 3, 2023

## [Southcentral Foundation’s Team Dynamics Workshop](https://blog.scfnuka.com/scf-team-dynamics)

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Effective teamwork is important in many different fields, but none more so than the field of health care. Having high-performing teams at a health care organization, both in the direct provision of...

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July 18, 2023

## [Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka Health Podcast](https://blog.scfnuka.com/southcentral-foundations-nuka-health-podcast)

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To document the history and operation of Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care, and to share information about how the Alaska Native community built a health care system that has been...

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June 23, 2023

## [Thank You to 2023 Nuka Conference Attendees](https://blog.scfnuka.com/thank-you-to-2023-nuka-conference-attendees)

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Southcentral Foundation would like to thank everyone who attended the annual Nuka System of Care conference. The conference was attended by more than 130 people from around the world. In...

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June 21, 2023

## [Upcoming Nuka Conference: A Personal Touch to Health Care Improvement](https://blog.scfnuka.com/upcoming-nuka-conference-a-personal-touch-to-health-care-improvement)

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Southcentral Foundation’s annual Nuka System of Care Conferenceis coming soon! This conference enables attendees to learn about SCF’s two-time Malcolm Baldrige Award-winning Nuka System of Care...

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May 23, 2023

## [Southcentral Foundation’s Behavioral Health Integration Playbook](https://blog.scfnuka.com/southcentral-foundations-behavioral-health-integration-playbook)

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When Southcentral Foundation surveyed the Alaska Native community upon establishing the Nuka System of Care, the community identified behavioral health as one of its top needs. In an effort to make...

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May 2, 2023

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