These are comments on the Fiscal Year 2014 Report to Congress on the Administration of the Tribal Self-Governance Program. This Report is required by Congress under Section 458aaa-13 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), Public Law 93-638, as amended and offers us the opportunity to share successes of Tribally-operated and administered health …
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 …
2015 – TSGAC – Interpretation of Duplication Provision in 25 U.S.C. § 450j-1(a)(3) Read More »
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 …
