Advisory Committee Correspondence

Comments submitted regarding the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) Proposed Rule to expand the Medicare-Like Rate entitled “Payment for Physician and Other Health Care Professional Services Purchased by Indian Health Programs and Medical Charges Associated With Non-Hospital-Based Care,” 79 Fed. Reg. 72160 (Dec. 5, 2014) (the “Proposed Rule”).

Letter regarding the national agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), to provide reimbursement by the VA for services provided by the IHS and Tribal health programs to eligible American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Veterans

Letter requesting that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) engage in Tribal consultation on the pending proposed rule changes for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

A  follow up on the letter  sent  on July 7, 2014 (enclosed), with briefing materials on the top administrative, policy and budget priorities identified by the more than 340 Self-Governance Tribes, including: • Expand Tribal Self-Governance within HHS • Fix the hardship exemption implementation for IHS beneficiaries • Align the definition of Indian to be …

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A letter to Dr. Buckberg (Dept. of Treasury) regarding the hardship exemption granted to Native eligible for service through the IHS from the shared responsibility payment.