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Medicaid Services “Received Through” an Indian Health Service/Tribal Facility: A Request for Comment
Tribal Affairs Resources
American Indians and Alaska Natives (SHO #16-002)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is updating its policy regarding the circumstances in which 100 percent federal funding would be available for services furnished to Medicaid-eligible American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals through facilities of the Indian Health Service (IHS) or Tribes.
On October 27, 2015, CMS issued a Request for Comment that described the policy options being considered and sought feedback from states, Tribes, and other stakeholders. Below are the comments received through the deadline of November 17, 2015.
Nevada
Urban Indian Center San Francisco, CA
Urban Indian Center in Albuquerque, NM
South Dakota Health Care Solutions
Urban Indian Center in Great Falls, MT
Oneida Nation, New York
Urban Indian Center Tulsa, OK
Urban Indian Center San Diego, CA
Urban Indian Center Denver, CO
AI/AN Beneficiary letters that utilize Urban Indian Center in Denver, CO
Individual letter from Jim Crouch, MPH
Native Directions – Urban Indian Center, Manteca, CA
Wyoming
CCUIH
Montana
Maniilaq Association (tribal) (AK)
Great Plains Tribal Health Board
Nebraska
Tribal Self Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC)
SE Michigan Urban
University of California, San Francisco (stakeholder)
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation (tribal)
American Academy of Pediatrics (stakeholder)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (stakeholder)
CRIHB
SD Urban
Sacramento Urban
Salt Lake City Urban
Wichita Urban
TTAG
NIHB
Los Angeles Urban
National Congress of American Indians
Oglala Sioux Tribe (SD) (tribal)
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc
Helena Indian Alliance – Helena MT Urban
National Association of Medicaid Directors
Sac and Fox Nation (OK) (Tribal)
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (SD) (tribal)
Molina Healthcare Inc. (stakeholder)
Milwaukee Urban
Rosebud Sioux Tribe (SD)
Alaska
Oklahoma
Pueblo de Cochiti (tribal)
Chickasaw Nation (tribal)
Minnesota
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition, Inc., - Omaha Urban
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI) (tribal)
Arizona
America’s Health Insurance Plans (stakeholder)
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
Utah
Colorado
United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) (Tribal)
Native Americans for Community Action
Native Americans for Community Action
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
New Mexico
Wyoming
Navajo Nation
Fresno Urban
Inter Tribal Association of Arizona (ITAA)
National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
Chugachmiut (AK) (Tribal)
Ketchikan Indian Community (AK) (Tribal)
Southcentral Foundation (AK) (Tribal)
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association (stakeholder)
California
Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB)
Native Health (Urban)
Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Native American Rehabilitation Assoc. of the North West
United Indian Health Services, Inc.
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes
In addition to receiving individual letters, CMS received several emails providing feedback on our proposed policy change. In order to make these emails publicly available, we have inputted the contents of the received emails into a chart. Comments submitted by email.