Assessment of the Indian Health Service Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service. The assessment must cover a variety of areas, including the demographics and health care needs of the patient population, health care capabilities and resources, staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider, information technology strategies related to providing health care, business processes, the competency of leadership regarding specified issues, tracking patients eligible for other federal health care programs, and the number of procurement contracts and awards under the Buy Indian Act.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native Americans
Accounting and auditingComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesIndian social and development programsMedicaidMinority healthPublic contracts and procurement
Assessment of the Indian Health Service Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-498| Senate
| Updated: 2/14/2019
Assessment of the Indian Health Service Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service. The assessment must cover a variety of areas, including the demographics and health care needs of the patient population, health care capabilities and resources, staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider, information technology strategies related to providing health care, business processes, the competency of leadership regarding specified issues, tracking patients eligible for other federal health care programs, and the number of procurement contracts and awards under the Buy Indian Act.
Accounting and auditingComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesIndian social and development programsMedicaidMinority healthPublic contracts and procurement