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Indian Health Service : action needed to ensure equitable allocation of resources for the Contract Health Service Program : report to congressional addressees.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Indian Health Service--Management.
- United States.
- United States Indian Health Service.
- United States. Indian Health Service.
- Indians of North America--Medical care--United States--Finance.
- Indians of North America.
- Alaska Natives--Medical care--United States--Finance.
- Alaska Natives.
- Letting of contracts--United States.
- Letting of contracts.
- Health Services Accessibility--organization & administration.
- Health Services Accessibility--economics.
- Indians, North American.
- Indians of North America--Medical care--Finance.
- Management.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States Indian Health Service.
- Health Services Accessibility--organization & administration.
- Health Services Accessibility--economics.
- Indians, North American.
- United States.
- Genre:
- legislative records.
- Legislative materials
- Legislative materials.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 32 pages) : color illustrations, color map
- Other Title:
- Action needed to ensure equitable allocation of resources for the Contract Health Service Program
- Contract Health Service funding
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]
- Summary:
- 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 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.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title screen (viewed July 18, 2012).
- "June 2012."
- QR code for online version of document included on title page.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-12-446."
- OCLC:
- 805233493
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