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Health Reform & Indian Health Care Improvement Act
1. Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act:
Health Reform &
Indian Health Care Improvement
Act
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
September, 2010
2. Outline
• Alaska Tribal Health System intro
• Indian Provisions in main bill
• Indian Health Care Improvement Act
• Implications
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3. Indian Health Service
• Provides health care in recognition of government
to government relationship between Tribes and the
U.S. to members of federally recognized Tribes
and their descendents
• 3.3 million American Indians/Alaska Natives
(AI/AN) in 561 federally recognized Tribes.
– 229 Tribes in Alaska
– 135,000 Alaska Natives (projected 163,000 by 2015)
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4. Alaska Tribal Health System
• Transition to tribally provided care
• Voluntary affiliation of 30 Alaskan tribes and
tribal organizations providing health
services to Alaska Natives/American
Indians (7,000 employees)
• Each is autonomous and serves a specific
geographical area
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5. Alaska Tribal Health Compact
• Alaska Native Tribal Health • Ketchikan Indian Community
Consortium - 229 • Knik Tribal Council
• Aleutian Pribilof Is. Assn - 13 • Kodiak Area Native Assn - 11
• Arctic Slope Native Assn - 8 • Maniilaq Assn - 12
• Bristol Bay Area Health Corp - 34 • Metlakatla Indian Community
• Chickaloon • Mount Sanford Tribal
Consortium - 2
• Chugachmiut - 7 • Norton Sound Health Corp-20
• Copper River Native Assn - 5 • Seldovia Village Tribe
• Council of Athabascan Tribal • Southcentral Foundation
Governments - 10 • SouthEast Alaska Regional
• Eastern Aleutian Tribes Tribal Health Consortium - 18
• Native Village of Eklutna • Tanana Chiefs Conference - 42
• Eyak • Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
• Kenaitze Indian Tribe • Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp
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6. Medical Care Service Levels
• 180 small community primary care centers
• 25 subregional mid-level care centers
• 4 multi-physician health centers
• 6 regional hospitals
• Alaska Native Medical Center tertiary care
• Referrals to private medical providers and
other states for complex care
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7. Opportunities for Tribes &
Tribal Organizations
• Express authority to participate in grant
programs
– Workforce Grants
– Maternal and Child Home Visitation
• Children and expecting at risk for poor child and
maternal health
• Grants through states for 5 years
• 3% set-aside for I/T/U ($45M)
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8. Opportunities for Tribes &
Tribal Organizations
• Express Lane Agencies
– I/T/U can enroll AI/ANs in Medicaid and
CHIP (Denali KidCare)
• Medicare Part B Services
– Extends authority of I/T/Us to bill for these
services retroactively to January 1, 2010
• Payor of Last Resort
– extends rule by extending it to other federal
programs (ie. VA, etc.)
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9. Access and Workforce
• Interagency Access to Health Care in AK Task
Force
– Develop strategies to improve federal beneficiary health
care in Alaska within 180 days
– Membership
• Health & Human Services
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Indian Health Service
• TRICARE
• Army
• Air Force
• Veterans Administration
• Veterans Health Administration
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10. Individual Indian Provisions
• Exemption from penalty for individual
mandate for health insurance
• AI/AN health benefits from tribes excluded
from income for tax purposes
• Cost Sharing under an Exchange Program
– No cost-sharing for AI/ANs who receive their
care through I/T/U or through Contract Health
– No cost-sharing for AI/ANs up to 300% FPL
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12. Indian Health Care Improvement Act
• Included in the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Health Reform), P.L. 111-148 as Title X,
Part III, Section 10221
• Incorporates Senate Bill 1790 as reported out of the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, except:
– Removed
• IHS scholarship tax exemption (these will remain taxable)
• 100% Reimbursement for Medicare services for IHS facilities
(remains at 80%)
– Added
• Dental Health Aide Therapy Clarification
• Abortion provision that prohibits the use of federal IHS
appropriations for abortions.
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13. Indian Health Care Improvement Act
• Permanent authorization; effective March
23, 2010
• Recognizes the federal government’s
“special trust relationship and legal
obligations to Indians”
• Not an appropriation bill
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14. IHCIA Major Provisions
• Title I: Workforce
• Title II: Health Services
• Title III: Facilities
• Title IV: Access to Health Services
• Title V: Urban Indians
• Title VI: IHS Organizational
• Title VII: Behavioral Health
• Title VIII: Miscellaneous
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15. Title I – Workforce
• Sec. 112 – Health Professional Chronic Shortage
Demonstration Program
– IHS authority to fund demo programs to address chronic
shortages of health professionals.
– Includes training and support of alternative provider types,
such as CHA/Ps. Should also apply to DHATs. (See also
sec. 5304 of PPACA which authorizes 15 grants for demo
projects for training of alternative dental health providers).
• Sec. 113 – Exemption from Licensing Fees
– Exempts tribal employees from licensing fees to the same
extent as IHS employees.
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16. Title I – Workforce
• Sec. 121 – Community Health Aide Program
– Authorizes national expansion
– Dental Health Aide Therapy (DHAT) limitations
• Limits scope of service consistent with ADA settlement
• Retains Alaska-only DHAT authority, but also allows
IHS facilities where mid-level or DHAT is allowed by
state law.
• If other federal law authorizes mid-level dental practice,
then IHS facilities not restricted.
• Requires quality study.
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17. Title II– Health Services
• Sec. 205 – Other Authority for Provision of Services
– Authorizes I/T/TOs to operate four types of programs:
• Hospice Care
• Long-term Care
• Assisted Living
• Home- and Community-based Care
• Sec. 206 – Reimbursement from Certain Third
Parties
– Authority to recover “reasonable charges billed” for
services provided to insured non-eligible individuals.
– Allows T/TOs to collect from tortfeasors (e.g., auto
insurer).
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18. Title II– Health Services
• Sec. 212 – Cancer Screenings
– Authorizes “other cancer screenings” beyond
mammography.
• Sec. 213 – Patient Travel Costs
– Includes “qualified escort” as authorized cost.
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19. Title II – Health Services
• Sec. 214 – Epidemiology Centers
– Designates Epidemiology centers as “public
health agency” under HIPAA allowing them
greater access to data and health information.
• Sec. 221 – Licensing
– Extends “licensed in any state” exemption
allowed for certain federal health care
professional employees to tribal employees.
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20. Title II – Health Services
• Sec. 226 – Contract Health Services
Administration and Disbursement Formula
– Opens current CHS distribution formula for
reevaluation via 3 step process:
• Step 1. GAO Report on CHS program
• Step 2. IHS-tribal consultation to determine whether
current distribution formula should be modified
• Step 3. If Secretary determines it necessary, a
Negotiate Rulemaking Committee may be
established to develop new distribution formula.
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21. Title III – Health Facilities
• Sec. 301 – Health Care Facilities Priority System
– Requires IHS, in consultation with T/TOs, to establish
a priority system allowing nomination of new projects
every 3 years.
• Grandfathers in projects listed in FY 2008 budget request.
• Area Distribution Fund as a possible approach to meet unmet
need for construction of health facilities.
• Sec. 309 – Federally Owned Quarters
– Authorizes T/TO to elect to directly operate and
establish rental rates for federally-owned staff quarters
and directly collect rents based on local rates.
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22. Title III – Health Facilities
• Sec. 311 – Other Funding, Equipment, and
Supplies for Facilities
– Authorizes other federal agencies to transfer funds for
the “planning, design, construction, and operation of”
health care and sanitation facilities to HHS/IHS.
– Requires HHS/IHS to establish new regulations for
“planning, design, construction, and operation of”
Indian health care and sanitation facilities.
– Applies the HHS/IHS regulations to the transferred
funds.
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23. Title IV – Access to Health Services
• Sec. 401 – Treatment of Payments under SSA
– Adds Children’s Health Insurance Program (in addition
to Medicaid & Medicare) as source I/T can collect
from.
– Provides greater flexibility for T/TOs in use of funds
collected under this section.
• Sec. 402 – Purchasing Health Care Coverage
– Allows T/TO/Us to use federal funds to purchase
health benefits coverage for beneficiaries.
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24. Title IV – Access to Health Services
• Sec. 404 – Outreach and Enrollment in SSA
and Other Health Benefit Programs
– Grants and contracts for I/T/U to conduct
outreach and enrollment activities for Indians.
– May be used to pay beneficiary premiums or
cost sharing.
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25. Title IV – Access to Health Services
• Sec. 405 – Sharing Arrangements with Federal
Agencies
– Allows Secretary to enter into arrangements with DoD
and DVA to share facilities and services.
– Directs DoD and DVA to reimburse I/T/TO for
services provided to DoD/DVA beneficiaries
notwithstanding any other provision of law.
• Sec. 407 – Eligible Indian Veteran Services
– Authorizes I/Ts to pay co-pays to DVA for services
provided to IHS beneficiaries.
– Provision was needed to facilitate arrangements for
Indian veterans to receive care from DVA providers in
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26. Title IV – Access to Health Services
• Sec. 408 – Nondiscrimination in Qualifications for
Reimbursement
– Makes I/T/U programs eligible to participate in any
federal health care program without requiring state
licensure as long as such programs meet the applicable
state standards.
• Sec. 409 – Access to Federal Insurance
– Allows T/TO/Us operating any ISDEAA program (not
just IHS) to purchase insurance coverage for their
employees through the FEHB program.
• Sec. 410 – General Exceptions
– Exempts certain insurance products from being
considered 3rd-Party Payer under IHCIA, e.g., AFLAC.
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27. • Title V – Urban Indian Health
– Grants Urban Indian programs broader program
authority.
– Requires IHS to “confer” with urban Indian
programs.
• Title VI – IHS Organizational
– Some enhancements to authorities and
responsibilities of IHS Director.
– Establishes Office of Direct Service Tribes.
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28. Title VII – Behavioral Health
• Title VII replaces current law’s substance abuse
programs.
• Greatly expands behavioral health authorities:
– Comprehensive behavioral health Prevention and
Treatment
– Indian Women Treatment
– Indian Youth Program
– Inpatient MH Facilities
– FASD programs
– Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment
– Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and
Treatment
– Behavioral health research
– Indian Youth Suicide Prevention 28
29. Title VIII – Miscellaneous
• Sec. 805 – Confidentiality of Medical QA
Records
– Allows for peer reviews to be conducted within
Indian health programs without compromising
confidentiality of medical records.
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30. Title VIII – Miscellaneous
• Sec. 813 – Health Services to Ineligible
Persons
– Allows T/TO to make a determination to
provide services to non-beneficiaries.
– If T/TO makes this determination, services to
non-beneficiaries are deemed provided under
the ISDEAA agreement and FTCA applies.
– Non-Service providers in IHS/tribal hospitals
receive FTCA coverage when provided services
under this section.
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31. Title VIII – Miscellaneous
• Sec. 822 – Shared Services for Long-Term Care
– Expressly authorizes IHS to provide, or enter into
ISDEAA agreements, for the delivery of long-term care
to Indians:
• Home and Community Based services
• Hospice care
• Assisted living and other residential services
• Sec. 826 – Annual Budget Submission
– Directs the President to include in the annual IHS
budget request amounts that reflects changes due to
inflation (CPI) and increase in user population.
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32. Title VIII – Miscellaneous
• Sec. 827 – Prescription Drug Monitoring
– Requires HHS to establish a prescription drug
monitoring program at I/T/U facilities.
– Report due to Congress 18 months after enactment.
• Sec. 828 – Tribal Health Program Option for
Cost Sharing
– Allows Title V tribal health programs to charge
beneficiaries for services.
– Unclear whether this applies to Title I programs.
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33. Title VIII – Miscellaneous
• Sec. 831 – Traditional Health Care Practices
– Excludes these services from FTCA coverage.
• Sec. 832 – HIV/AIDS Prevention and
Treatment
– Establishes a new Director of HIV/AIDS
Prevention and Treatment within IHS to
coordinate the agency’s efforts on this issue.
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34. Overall Implications
Individuals
• More services may be available through the
I/T/U
• More opportunities for coverage
• More options for care
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35. Overall Implications
Providers
• More insured individuals
• Need for education and enrollment
• Marketing need due to options for care for
insured
• More opportunities to expand care
• More collaboration with non-tribal partners
• More opportunities for health workforce
training
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36. Questions?
Valerie Davidson, Senior Director
Legal & Intergovernmental Affairs
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
4000 Ambassador Drive, CADM
Anchorage, AK 99508
vdavidson@anthc.org
Phone 907-729-1900
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