| Description |
1 online resource (170 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Health Care Issues, Costs, and Access
|
|
Health care issues, costs, and access.
|
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
The Indian Health Service (IHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the lead federal agency charged with improving the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives. It aims to do so by providing health services either directly or through contracts or compacts with Indian Tribes (ITs) and Tribal Organizations (TOs). This book provides an overview of the Indian Health Service. It also discusses the opportunities that may be available to help improve the contract health services program; the impact of the Affordable Care Act on IHS; and the Indian Health Care Improvement. |
| Contents |
THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: OVERVIEW, CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES, AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IMPACTS; THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: OVERVIEW, CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES, AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IMPACTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (IHS): AN OVERVIEW; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; IHS USER POPULATION; IHS ORGANIZATION; IHS SYSTEM: FACILITY TYPES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE; AVAILABLE HEALTH SERVICES; OTHER IHS-SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES; IHS AUTHORIZATION; CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE JURISDICTION; CONCLUSION. |
|
APPENDIX A. THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE POPULATIONAPPENDIX B. BRIEF HISTORY OF FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN INDIAN HEALTH; TIMELINE SOURCES; Chapter 2: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: OPPORTUNITIES MAY EXIST TO IMPROVE THE CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF CHS CLAIMS WERE PAID WITHIN 6MONTHS BUT SOME TOOK MUCH LONGER TO PAY; IHS HAS THREE TIMELINESS MEASURES FOR PROCESSING PROVIDER PAYMENTS, BUT THE TWO INVOLVING PURCHASE ORDER ISSUANCE DO NOT PROVIDE A CLEAR PICTURE OF TIMELINESS. |
|
COMPLEXITY OF THE CHS PROGRAM, CHS STAFFING AND FUNDING AVAILABILITY, AND VARIATIONS IN PROGRAM PRACTICES CAN AFFECT THE TIMELINESS OF PAYMENTS TO PROVIDERSNEW COVERAGE OPTIONS IN PPACAMAY PROVIDE IHS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIMPLIFY CHS ELIGIBILITY RULES; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; Chapter 3: INDIAN HEALTH CARE: IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA); SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF INDIAN HEALTH CARE; INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT; SELECTED MAJOR CHANGES TO IHCIA IN THE ACA. |
|
IHCIA TITLE I: INDIAN HEALTH, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND DEVELOPMENTIHCIA TITLE II:HEALTH SERVICES; IHCIA TITLE III: FACILITIES; IHCIA TITLE IV: ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES; IHCIA TITLE V:HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS; IHCIA TITLE VI:ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS; IHCIA TITLE VII: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; IHCIA TITLE VIII:MISCELLANEOUS; NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH CARE REAUTHORIZATION; ACA PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CHANGES; SSAHEALTH BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR INDIANS; Chapter 4: THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION AND EXTENSIONAS ENACTED BY THE ACA: DETAILED SUMMARY AND TIMELINE. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene.
|
|
Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Agnelli, Pamela M., editor.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Agnelli, Pamela M. Indian Health Service : Overview, Contract Health Services, and Affordable Care Act Impacts. New York NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©1900 9781633215825 |
| ISBN |
9781633216143 (electronic book) |
|
1633216144 (electronic book) |
|
9781633215825 |
|
