Project Grant D255IHS0510
- The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma (KTO) to modernize the Kickapoo Tribal Health Center's (KTHC) electronic health record (EHR) system. The 3-year project aims to strengthen KTHC's health management infrastructure by implementing a new EHR system that will enhance data management, billing efficiency, interoperability, and patient care outcomes for the center's over...
- The U.S. Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) to digitize its medical records. This project will help SEARHC, a Native-administered nonprofit health consortium, fully adopt and demonstrate meaningful use of the 21st Century Cures Act. The Act aims to improve healthcare by advancing interoperability and patient access to electronic health information...
- The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $150,000 Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) grant to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. The one-year project, commencing on March 1, 2025, will enable the Lower Sioux Health Care Center to transition to a sustainable billing model by enhancing its operational capacity. Key objectives include successfully implementing an Epic billing module to streamline and automate accurate billing claim generation, achieving credentialing...
- The Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc. in Arizona. The grant aims to improve healthcare service delivery across the Navajo Reservation by replacing the current third-party billing vendor with a more efficient and timely Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) claims processing and payment services system. This modernization effort will optimize financial operations, accelerate...
- The Seminole Tribe of Florida has been awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Indian Health Service Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to implement an updated health management structure and modernize their Management Information Systems (MIS). The grant will fund a data migration project to securely transfer over 20 years of patient records and healthcare data from legacy systems to new MIS platforms for the tribe's Center for Behavioral Health, Health Plan, and Advocacy and...
- The U.S. Indian Health Service (IHS) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to the Northern Arapaho Tribe to improve the financial management infrastructure of their Wind River Family and Community Health Care (WRFCHC) organization. WRFCHC, which serves the Wind River Indian Reservation, has experienced substantial growth in recent years, expanding from 68 to over 500 employees and opening multiple clinic locations. This grant will enable...
- The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP) was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to design and implement a modern Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for their Health and Human Services department. The current EHR system functions as a fragmented and outdated management structure that hinders NHBP's ability to deliver coordinated, data-driven care. This...
- The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians was awarded a $189,998 Project Grant from the Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) on March 1, 2025. The goal of this 3-year grant is for the Grand Traverse Band to establish itself as the first-party administrator for the healthcare services it provides to tribal members. The key objectives of this grant are to: 1) train the Purchase Referred Care (PRC) and billing staff on Medicare-Like Rate (MLR)...
- The Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) awarded a $143,525.00 Project Grant to the Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation in Suquamish, WA. The funding will support the tribe in strengthening internal oversight and quality systems across its behavioral health programs. Specifically, the grant will enable the tribe to hire a 0.75 FTE Compliance and Quality Assurance Officer who will develop standard operating procedures, audit tools, and...
- The Eastern Shoshone Tribe received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Indian Health Service (IHS) under the Demonstration Projects for Indian Health (CFDA 93.933) program. The grant will fund the Doya Natsu Healing Center (DNHC) to address substance use disorders, including opioid use disorder, among the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes residing on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. The project aims to develop culturally appropriate, holistic approaches to healthcare...
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Health Center (FSST HC) was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) to enhance its health IT infrastructure and support the transition to the OCHIN Epic electronic health record (EHR) system. The primary objectives of this 12-month project are to implement mission-critical systems, including a Purchased and Referred Care (PRC) platform, Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication, PACS imaging upgrades, and Laboratory Information System (LIS) integration. The project will also focus on HIPAA-compliant security testing and internal capacity building, with a newly hired Epic Project Manager leading coordination efforts. These improvements are intended to support workflow efficiency, provider usability, and long-term scalability of FSST HC's health IT environment in preparation for the planned December 2, 2025 Go-Live for the OCHIN Epic EHR system.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 7/28/25 |