NCUIH Letter for Justification for Continued Inclusion in Section 201 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Authors: National Council of Urban Indian Health

Publication Year: 2009

Last Updated: 2016-04-06

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: Budget, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Justification, IHCIA, Social Security Act, UIHP, Medicaid, Medicare, FQHC, FMAP

Abstract:

Section 201 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) amends sections 1911 and 1880 of the Social Security Act. The proposed amendments would allow Indian Health Programs and Urban Indian Health Programs to directly bill Medicaid and Medicare for providing services or items to Indian patients. Due to an unfortunate understanding of the UIHPs third party bill capacity, Urban Indian Organizations have been removed from this provision.

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