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Learn more. REGISTER NOW FOR THE NATIONAL TRIBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE! Register here. THE HOPE & HEALING PODCAST WITH THE NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIAN COUNTRY MEDIA AND FEATURES EPISODES THAT WILL COVER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM, STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS, THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE, HEALTH EQUITY, AND HOT TOPICS. Listen here. THE NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD IS CURRENTLY HIRING FOR POSITIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, GRANTS AND COMPLIANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, OPERATIONS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND PROGRAMS IN THE WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE. APPLY AT HTTPS://BIT.LY/NIHB_CAREERS. Learn more. THE NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THE TRIBES REMAIN INFORMED ON COVID 19 AND HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC. Learn more. THE NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD PARTNERED WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) ON PROJECT FIRSTLINE—A COMPREHENSIVE INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN U.S. HEALTHCARE SETTINGS. Learn more. REGISTER NOW FOR THE NATIONAL TRIBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE! Register here. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS 2022 National Tribal Health Conference Maternal Mortality Prevention Tribal Health Equity Advance Appropriations Hope + Healing Podcast Medicaid Unwinding Environmental Health: Regional Summits Regulations Tracker Medicaid Waiver Tracker NEWS Posted on March 31, 2023 NATIONAL INDIAN HEALTH BOARD HOLDS FIRST QUARTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ANNUAL MEETING The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) held its First Quarter Board of Directors Meeting and Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on March 7 and 8, 2023. During this meeting, the Board received updates from NIHB staff on 2023 goals in the areas of policy, advocacy, programs and organizational operations. Board Members and NIHB Member Organization staff provided updates from their Areas to highlight priority issues that should be brought to the national level. The Board ratified NIHB’s 2023 Legislative and Policy Agenda. As this was the Annual Meeting for the organization, elections for the Executive Committee were held. Alaska Area Representative William Smith (Valdez Native Tribe) was re-elected Chairperson. Albuquerque Area Representative Jacqueline Platero (To’hajilee Band of Navajos) was elected Secretary. Great Plains Area Representative Janet Alkire (Standing Rock Sioux) was elected Member-At-Large. This will be Ms. Platero and Ms. Alkire’s first term on the Executive Committee. They join Vice Chairperson Nickolaus Lewis (Lummi Nation) and Treasurer Samuel Moose (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe), who continue their terms on the Executive Committee. The Board had the opportunity to meet with Daron Carriero (Chickasaw Nation), Senior Policy Advisor for Native Affairs, White House Domestic Policy Council and PaaWee Rivera (Pueblo of Pojoaque), Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, White House. They expressed gratitude to NIHB for its work to secure advanced appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Mr. Carriero and Mr. Rivera also discussed additional policy initiatives, such as mandatory appropriations and securing renewal of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. The Board met with Elizabeth Molle-Carr, (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa), Tribal Advisor to the Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Board discussed the upcoming OMB Tribal Consultation on data collection and how that can improve health funding and grants. Read more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on March 31, 2023 CHAIRWOMAN ALKIRE: U.S. NOT FULFILLING ITS PROMISES ON INDIAN HEALTHCARE Washington, D.C. - March 31, 2023 - Janet Alkire, Great Plains Area Representative, National Indian Health Board (NIHB) and Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, testified before House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, regarding challenges and opportunities for improving healthcare delivery in Tribal communities, March 29, 2023. Chairwoman Alkire spoke on the need for proper funding for Indian Health Service (IHS), shortages in medical professionals in the Indian healthcare system, and the importance of expanding Tribal self-governance to agencies beyond the IHS within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Chairwoman Alkire also testified on the importance of Congress fulfilling its trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations by providing full and mandatory funding for the Indian health system. Read more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on March 20, 2023 NIHB SUPPORTS $35 INSULIN CAP WASHINGTON, DC - March 16, 2023 - The National Indian Health Board thanks President Biden and Eli Lilly for their actions to reduce the patient cost of insulin. Biden’s January 2023 initiative to cap insulin costs for Medicare enrollees over 65 will ensure that many American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) on Medicare will have access to life-saving medication. By reducing the personal cost of insulin, we expect to see improved insulin access, better diabetes management, and reduced hospitalizations within our Tribal populations. NIHB also supports the President’s request to Congress to cap insulin costs for all Americans, regardless of insurance provider or insulin manufacturer. “Thank you, President Biden, for taking much needed action on diabetes medication costs,” said William Smith, Chairman of the National Indian Health Board. “The rising costs of insulin has prevented access to these medications, and this will save American Indian and Alaskan Native lives.” Read more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on March 10, 2023 CHAIRMAN SMITH TESTIFIES ON APPROPRIATELY FUNDING INDIAN HEALTHCARE Washington, D.C. - March 10, 2023 - William Smith, Chairman of the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, March 9, 2023. Smith highlighted the disparities in life expectancy, diabetes rates, and infant and maternal death rates as a direct result of funding shortfalls for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Smith also testified on the importance of Congress keeping its promises to the Tribes during budget discussions. “The IHS need-based cost estimate for [FY] 2024 is about $51.4 billion, and the cost estimate for 2025 is about [FY] $53.8 billion,” Smith said. IHS is currently funded at just under $7 billion. NIHB supports the recommendations of the IHS Tribal Budget Formulation Workgroup. Smith's testimony also supported enacting full, mandatory appropriations for IHS, and continuing IHS advance appropriations until mandatory funding is achieved. Smith also said that as Congress considers budget cuts in FY 2024, it must hold IHS harmless to any reductions in funding. Read more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted on December 23, 2022 NIHB, NCUIH, AND NCAI CELEBRATE HISTORIC INCLUSION OF ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE Washington, DC – Friday, December 23, 2022 – Today, Congress enacted a Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 omnibus spending package, including a historic provision providing advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Prior to this change, IHS was the only federal healthcare provider without basic certainty of funding from one year to the next. The Indian health system serves approximately 2.5 million patients at IHS, Tribal facilities, and urban Indian organizations, and was created to meet the U.S. trust responsibility to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of all Native people to the highest standard. Unfortunately, Indian healthcare remains chronically underfunded – a U.S. policy exacerbated by disruptions in the discretionary appropriations process. Read more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 1 * 2 » View News Archive Privacy Policy