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American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part IV)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:38-07:00May 28th, 2014|General|

So far in this series, we’ve covered the Indian Health Service, the ”638’s” administered by tribes and tribal organizations, and Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Plan. This week focuses on the Affordable Care Act & the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act. American Indians wishing to buy health insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace won’t need [...]

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American Indian Healthcare Matrix (Part II)

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 9th, 2014|General|

Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll continue my series on the healthcare matrix for American Indians. Last week I covered the basics of the Indian Health Service. This week’s write-up is about something called “638's”. Tribes and Tribal Organizations can elect to administer healthcare services that normally would be administered by the IHS. This [...]

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