Indian Health Service Launches Medicaid, Medicare Enrollment Demo

The Indian Health Service is starting a new initiative to increase Medicaid and Medicare enrollment of IHS patients at six health facilities in four states. The pilot targets American Indian and Alaska Native IHS patients eligible for Medicaid and Medicare who are not currently able to access care in these programs because they are not enrolled. The facilities involved are the Phoenix Indian Medical Center; Pine Ridge Hospital; Rosebud Hospital; Sioux San Hospital; Blackfeet Community Hospital; and Quentin N. Burdick...