Tribal Health-Indian Health Service Ruling Reveals Serious Problems in Tribal Medicine – California Globe

Tribal Health-Indian Health Service Ruling Reveals Serious Problems in Tribal Medicine – California Globe

A major contract dispute between Indian Health Service (IHS) and Scottsdale, Arizona-based Tribal Health, decided by the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), has revealed a troubling lapse in the Agency’s contracting practices and a possible attempt to “create perverse incentives” for contracting officers. The measure has cost taxpayers millions of dollars and placed healthcare for tribal communities at risk. Tribal Health was left “h…