| Description |
1 online resource (ii, 52 p.) : ill., map |
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Title from title caption (viewed on Sept. 29, 2011). |
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"September 2011." |
| Summary |
The Indian Health Service (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 contract health services (CHS) program pays for care from external providers if the patient meets certain requirements and funding is available. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires GAO to study the adequacy of federal funding for IHS's CHS program. To examine program funding needs, IHS collects data on unfunded services -- services for which funding was not available -- from the federal and tribal CHS programs. GAO examined (1) the extent to which IHS ensures the data it collects on unfunded services are accurate to determine a reliable estimate of CHS program need, (2) the extent to which federal and tribal CHS programs report having funds available to pay for contract health services, and (3) the experiences of external providers in obtaining payment from the CHS program. GAO surveyed 66 federal and 177 tribal CHS programs and spoke to IHS officials and 23 providers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
"GAO-11-767." |
| File Type |
Text in PDF format. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Subject |
United States. Indian Health Service -- Management.
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Health services accessibility -- United States.
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Indians of North America -- Medical care -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Federal aid to community health services -- United States.
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Public contracts -- United States -- Management.
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United States. Indian Health Service. |
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Health Services Accessibility -- organization & administration -- United States. |
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Health Services Accessibility -- economics -- United States. |
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Indians, North American -- United States. |
| Added Title |
Increased oversight needed to ensure accuracy of data used for estimating contract health service need |
| Running Title |
IHS contract health services |
| Gpo Item No. |
0546-D (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
GA 1.13:GAO-11-767 |
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