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Ihs Contract Health Services Program
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Author :United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :26 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (962 download)
Book Synopsis IHS Contract Health Services Program by : United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General
Download or read book IHS Contract Health Services Program written by United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Indian Health Service by : Pamela M. Agnelli
Download or read book The Indian Health Service written by Pamela M. Agnelli and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Act.
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : Kathleen M. King
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by Kathleen M. King and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When services are unavailable from IHS-funded health care facilities, IHS's contract health services (CHS) program may pay for care from external providers. GAO previously identified challenges regarding the timeliness of CHS payments and also reported on the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives who may gain new health care coverage beginning in 2014 as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA).This report examined (1) the length of time it takes external providers to receive payment from IHS after delivering CHS services; (2) the performance measures IHS has established for the amount of time it takes to process CHS provider payments; (3) the factors that affect the length of time it takes IHS to pay CHS providers; and (4) how new health care coverage options included in PPACA could affect the CHS program. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Book Synopsis Ihs Contract Health Services Program by : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Download or read book Ihs Contract Health Services Program written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IHS contract health services program : overpayments and potential savings.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :312 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Access to Contract Health Services in Indian Country by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- )
Download or read book Access to Contract Health Services in Indian Country written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Health Amendments of 1992 by : United States
Download or read book Indian Health Amendments of 1992 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : Isaac Dubois
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by Isaac Dubois and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When care at an IHS-funded facility is unavailable, IHS's Contract Health Service (CHS) program pays for care from non-IHS providers if the patient meets certain requirements and funding is available. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the administration of the CHS program, including a focus on the allocation of funds. IHS uses three primary methods to determine the allocation of CHS funds to the 12 IHS geographic area offices: base funding, which accounts for most of the allocation; annual adjustments; and program increases, which are provided to expand the CHS program. This book examines (1) the extent to which IHS's allocation of CHS funding varied across IHS areas, and (2) what steps IHS has taken to address funding variation within the CHS program.
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why GAO Did This StudyIHS provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When services are unavailable from IHS, IHS's CHS program may pay for care from external providers. GAO previously reported on challenges regarding the timeliness of CHS payments and the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives who may gain new health care coverage as a result of PPACA. PPACA mandated GAO to review the CHS program. This report examines (1) the length of time it takes external providers to receive payment from IHS after delivering CHS services; (2) the performance measures IHS has established for processing CHS provider payments; (3) the factors that affect the length of time it takes IHS to pay CHS providers; and (4) how new PPACA health care coverage options could affect the program. To conduct this work, GAO analyzed fiscal year 2011 CHS claims data, interviewed IHS officials, including officials in four IHS areas, and reviewed agency documents and statutes.What GAO RecommendsGAO recommends that IHS revise an agency measure of the timeliness with which purchase orders are issued, use available funds as appropriate to improve the alignment between CHS staffing levels and workloads, and proactively develop potential options to streamline CHS eligibility requirements. The agency concurred with two recommendations, but did not concur with the recommendation"
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : Kathleen M. King
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by Kathleen M. King and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When care at an IHS-funded facility is unavailable, IHS's contract health services (CHS) program pays for care from non-IHS providers if the patient meets certain requirements and funding is available. This report studied the admin. of the CHS program, incl. a focus on the allocation of funds. IHS uses 3 primary methods to determine the allocation of CHS funds to the 12 IHS geographic area offices: base funding; annual adjustments; and program increases. This report examined: (1) the extent to which IHS's allocation of CHS funding varied across IHS areas; and (2) what steps IHS has taken to address funding variation. Illus. This is a print on demand report.
Book Synopsis Comprehensive Health Care Program for American Indians & Alaska Natives by :
Download or read book Comprehensive Health Care Program for American Indians & Alaska Natives written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indian Health Service (IHS), anagency in the Department of Healthand Human Services (HHS), provideshealth care to American Indians andAlaska Natives. When care at an IHSfundedfacility is unavailable, IHS'scontract health services (CHS)program pays for care from externalproviders if the patient meets certainrequirements and funding is available.The Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act requires GAO to study theadequacy of federal funding for IHS'sCHS program. To examine programfunding needs, IHS collects data onunfunded services-services for whichfunding was not available-from thefederal and tribal CHS programs. GAOexamined (1) the extent to which IHSensures the data it collects onunfunded services are accurate todetermine a reliable estimate of CHSprogram need, (2) the extent to whichfederal and tribal CHS programs reporthaving funds available to pay forcontract health services, and (3) theexperiences of external providers inobtaining payment from the CHSprogram. GAO surveyed 66 federaland 177 tribal CHS programs andspoke to IHS officials and 23 providers."
Author :United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :26 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (962 download)
Book Synopsis IHS contract health services program by : United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General
Download or read book IHS contract health services program written by United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :166 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Allocation of Resources in the Indian Health Service by : United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research
Download or read book Allocation of Resources in the Indian Health Service written by United States. Indian Health Service. Division of Health Services Planning and Operations Research and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : Isaac Dubois
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by Isaac Dubois and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When care at an IHS-funded facility is unavailable, IHS's Contract Health Service (CHS) program pays for care from non-IHS providers if the patient meets certain requirements and funding is available. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the administration of the CHS program, including a focus on the allocation of funds. IHS uses three primary methods to determine the allocation of CHS funds to the 12 IHS geographic area offices: base funding, which accounts for most of the allocation; annual adjustments; and program increases, which are provided to expand the CHS program. This book examines (1) the extent to which IHS's allocation of CHS funding varied across IHS areas, and (2) what steps IHS has taken to address funding variation within the CHS program.
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to health care services for American Indians and Alaska Natives has been a long standing concern.1 The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is charged with providing health care to the approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who are members or descendants of federally recognized tribes.2 These services are provided at federally or tribally operated health care facilities,3 which receive IHS funding and are located in 12 geographic regions overseen by IHS area offices.4 These IHS-funded facilities vary in the services that they provide. For example, some facilities offer comprehensive hospital services, while others offer only primary care services. When services are not available at these facilities, the agency's contract health services (CHS) program may pay for services from external health care providers, including hospital- and office-based providers. The CHS program is administered at the local level by individual CHS programs generally affiliated with IHS-funded facilities in each area. These individual CHS programs may be federally or tribally operated. These federal and tribal CHS programs determine whether or not to pay for the referral of a patient to an external provider or pay an external provider for a service already provided. IHS requires that patients meet certain eligibility and administrative requirements to have the services paid by the CHS program. In addition, the CHS program, which is funded through the annual appropriations process, must operate within the limits of its appropriations. Therefore, committees associated with each CHS program meet at least weekly to review cases and approve payment based on the relative medical need of each case. When the requirements have not been met or funds are not available, CHS programs defer or deny requests to pay for services. Services for which patients otherwise meet necessary requirements, but for which CHS program funds are not available for payment, are known as unfunded services. Limits on available resources have affected the specific types of services available to American Indians and Alaska Natives through the CHS program. For example, in a 2005 report examining 13 IHS-funded health care facilities, we reported that primary care services were generally offered at the facilities, but certain specialty and other services were not always directly available to American Indians and Alaska Natives.5 These facilities also generally lacked funds to pay for all of these services through their CHS programs. We also noted that, in some cases, gaps in services resulted in diagnosis or treatment delays that exacerbated the severity of a patient's condition and required more intensive treatment.
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When care at an IHS-funded facility is unavailable, IHS's contract health services (CHS) program pays for care from external providers if the patient meets certain requirements and funding is available. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires GAO to study the adequacy of federal funding for IHS's CHS program. To examine program funding needs, IHS collects data on unfunded services -- services for which funding was not available -- from the federal and tribal CHS programs. GAO examined (1) the extent to which IHS ensures the data it collects on unfunded services are accurate to determine a reliable estimate of CHS program need, (2) the extent to which federal and tribal CHS programs report having funds available to pay for contract health services, and (3) the experiences of external providers in obtaining payment from the CHS program. GAO surveyed 66 federal and 177 tribal CHS programs and spoke to IHS officials and 23 providers.
Book Synopsis Indian Health Service by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Indian Health Service written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why GAO Did This StudyIHS, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. When care at an IHS-funded facility is unavailable, IHS's CHS program pays for care from non-IHS providers if the patient meets certain requirements and funding is available. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires GAO to study the administration of the CHS program, including a focus on the allocation of funds. IHS uses three primary methods to determine the allocation of CHS funds to the 12 IHS geographic area offices: base funding, which accounts for most of the allocation; annual adjustments; and program increases, which are provided to expand the CHS program. GAO examined (1) the extent to which IHS's allocation of CHS funding varied across IHS areas, and (2) what steps IHS has taken to address funding variation within the CHS program. GAO analyzed IHS funding data, reviewed agency documents and interviewed IHS and area office officials.What GAO RecommendsGAO suggests that Congress consider requiring IHS to develop and use a new method to allocate all CHS program funds to account for variations across areas, notwithstanding any restrictions now in federal law. GAO also recommends, among other things, IHS use actual counts of CHS users in methods for allocating CHS funds. HHS concurred with two of GAO's"
