Project Grant D255IHS0516
- 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 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...
- 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 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 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 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 $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 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 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 Indian Health Council, Inc. (IHC), a nonprofit federally qualified health center serving nine federally recognized tribes in Northern San Diego County, California, was awarded a $1,000,000 Community Opioid Intervention Prevention Program (COIPP) grant by the Indian Health Service (CFDA 93.933 Demonstration Projects for Indian Health). The funding will support IHC's efforts to increase its capacity to serve people experiencing opioid use disorder and their families, and to prevent the further...
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 with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to access critical Medicare and Medicaid funding, and developing comprehensive billing policies and procedures. This project aims to increase the health center's revenue generation, improve billing efficiency, and achieve full financial self-sufficiency within 3 years while maintaining high-quality care and service delivery for the tribal community.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 7/28/25 |