IHS Director's Corner Dr. Yvette Roubideaux - Indian Health Service Director
Tribal Consultation
Tribal Leader Letters
- Dr. Roubideaux writes to initiate a consultation on the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund (IHCIF) and its formula [PDF - 225K]
December 7, 2010
- Department of Veterans
Affairs and the Indian Health Service have signed a comprehensive and far-reaching
Memorandum of Understanding aimed at improving the health status of American
Indian and Alaska Native Veterans [PDF
- 40K]
- Memorandum of Understanding between the VA and IHS [PDF - 1.7MB]
November 12, 2010
November 12, 2010
- Mr. Jay Angoff,
Director, Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight and Dr. Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service, writes to initiate a consultation on the Indian-specific
provisions related to the development of the Health Insurance Exchanges in the
Affordable Care Act [PDF - 31K]
- Affordable Care Act Provision Summary [PDF - 80K]
October 5, 2010
- The
Indian Health Service and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
write to update Tribes on our mutual work to provide mental health and substance
abuse programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives [PDF
- 34K]
- IHS Agency Summary [PDF - 21K]
- SAMHSA Agency Summary [PDF - 145K]
- Dr.
Roubideaux updates Tribal Leaders on the Agency actions related to Health Information
Technology [PDF - 38K]
- Recommendations from the ITU IT Shares Workgroup [PDF - 100K]
July 20, 2010
- Dr. Roubideaux writes Tribal Leaders about the ongoing consultations to improve the Indian Health Service contract health services program [PDF - 30K]
- CHS Listening Session & Best Practice Meeting Agenda [PDF - 17K]
- Dr. Roubideaux informs the Tribal Leaders of the FY 2010 Contract Health Services Appropriation [PDF - 33K]
- The
Department of Health and Human Services and the Indian Health Service, letter
regarding the initiation of a formal Tribal consultation on implementation of
the recent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [PDF
- 27K]
- Affordable Care Act Summary Table [PDF - 80K]
- IHCIA Reauthorization Summary Table [PDF - 124K]
- Fact Sheet [PDF - 48K]
April 2, 2010
- Dr.
Roubideaux provides information about the $3.5 million in 2009 Recovery Act funds
the IHS is allocating for Tribes and Tribal organizations to develop interfaces
that will enable non-Resource and Patient Management System users to electronically
report data to the Indian Health Service [PDF - 23K]
- Addendum to Tribal contracting agreements to transfer funds pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [PDF - 36K]
- Project Evaluation Criteria for Non-Resource and Patient Mangement (RPMS) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Health Information Technology Resources [PDF - 13K]
- Project Information for Non-Resource and Patient Mangement (RPMS) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Health Information Technology Resources, Template [PDF - 11K]
- April 20, 2010 Tribal Leader Letter from Dr. Theresa Cullen follow-up letter to Dr. Roubideaux's April 02, 2010 letter extending the deadlines for Project Applications [PDF - 24K]
- Dr. Roubideaux request Tribal input on recommendations on how to improve IHS' Tribal consultation process [PDF - 44K]
- Dr. Roubideaux writes to Tribal Leaders to begin consultation on how to reform the Indian Health Service contract health services program [PDF - 40K]
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