Tribal Affairs Resources
- FAQs: Federal Funding for Services “Received Through” an IHS/Tribal Facility and Furnished to Medicaid-Eligible
American Indians and Alaska Natives (SHO #16-002) - CIB: Indian Provisions in the Final Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care Regulations
- Model Medicaid Addendum for IHCPs
- CIB: Strategies to Enroll American Indian and Alaska Native Families and Children in Medicaid and CHIP
- 1996 CMS(HCFA)/IHS Memorandum of Agreement
- Availability of Federal Funding for Services Furnished to Medicaid-eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Grants
- Navajo Nation Medicaid Agency Feasibility Report to Congress
- AI/AN Outreach Grant FOA
- IHS Press Release on the Affordable Care Act
- IHCIA Legislative History
- CMS and Tribal Consultation
- State-Tribal Relations on HealthCare
- Long-Term Services and Supports Technical Assistance Center
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.
Urban Indian Center San Francisco, CA
Urban Indian Center in Albuquerque, NM
South Dakota Health Care Solutions
Urban Indian Center in Great Falls, MT
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
Maniilaq Association (tribal) (AK)
Great Plains Tribal Health Board
Tribal Self Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC)
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)
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)
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition, Inc., - Omaha Urban
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI) (tribal)
America’s Health Insurance Plans (stakeholder)
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) (Tribal)
Native Americans for Community Action
Native Americans for Community Action
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
Inter Tribal Association of Arizona (ITAA)
National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)
Ketchikan Indian Community (AK) (Tribal)
Southcentral Foundation (AK) (Tribal)
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association (stakeholder)
Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB)
Native American Rehabilitation Assoc. of the North West
United Indian Health Services, Inc.
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
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.