January 23, 2023
The Indian Health Service has reached a tentative settlement with a Navajo Nation hospital accusing the government of withholding millions of dollars from the hospital, according to the minutes of a settlement conference filed in New Mexico federal court on Monday.
December 05, 2022
A federal judge has canceled the upcoming proceedings in litigation accusing the Indian Health Service of illegally withholding millions of dollars from a Navajo Nation hospital, after the parties agreed to try resolving their dispute, implicating more than $47 million, via mediation.
November 07, 2022
A representative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants the federal agency responsible for Native American health care to provide more than $17.4 million sought by an Arizona tribal hospital, records show, after finding no basis for denying that request.
May 31, 2022
The Indian Health Service must finance $18.5 million in annual administrative expenses at an Arizona tribal hospital while the hospital litigates the agency's attempt to slash that sum, a federal judge has ruled, finding it "substantially likely" that the funding reduction is unlawful.
March 23, 2022
A tribal hospital suing the Indian Health Service over reduced funding has asked a New Mexico federal judge to order the IHS to pay the more than $16 million the agency cut from the health care organization's contract, saying the agency has been reimbursing similar costs for years.
February 18, 2022
An Indian Health Service official sent a forceful letter to tribal leaders Thursday to address what she called a "misperception" that the government is defunding contract support costs for tribal health care contractors as a result of a federal appeals court ruling last year.
February 14, 2022
A tribal hospital is suing the Indian Health Service in New Mexico federal court for suddenly reducing its funding by $16 million during a pandemic, a decision that has sent shock waves through Indian Country.