Advisory Committees
2015- TSGAC Letter: Payment of Settlements to Civil Service Employees
A letter to Principal Deputy Director McSwain regarding the settlement process between the Indian Health Service and employee unions over the lack of appropriate payment of overtime compensation
2015 – TSGAC – Comments on RIN 0945-AA02, Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
Comments on in response to its proposed rule on Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities (RIN 0945-AA02). 80 Fed. Reg. 54172 (Sep. 8, 2015)
2015 – TSGAC – Interpretation of Duplication Provision in 25 U.S.C. § 450j-1(a)(3)
Letter to to express concern over the Indian Health Service’s recent reinterpretation of the duplication provision found in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. § 450 et seq. The agency’s new position that duplication is based on categories of funding, rather than the actual dollars provided in the Secretarial amount, drastically …
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2015- TSGAC Letter: Expediting the Review and Publication of the Final Medicare-Like Rate – November
Letter to Secretary Burwell, HHS, requesting assistance from the HHS regarding expediting the review and publication of the Final Rule related to expanding 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, originally published on …