July 07, 2021
The D.C. Circuit has refused the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's bid to have the full court rehear a panel's decision that the Indian Health Service wasn't required to cover contract support costs for services paid for by insurers under the tribe's health care contract.
June 22, 2021
The Indian Health Service has urged the D.C. Circuit not to rethink its decision to reject the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's bid to recoup certain contract support costs under its health care contract with the agency, saying a panel rightly found the IHS doesn't have to cover those costs for income that comes from insurers.
April 13, 2021
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's bid to recoup costs it incurred using income from insurers, saying those were not part of the expenses the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service must cover under its health care contract with the tribe.
October 01, 2020
D.C. Circuit judges on Thursday probed whether federal law obligates the Indian Health Service to pay the contract expenses for Native American tribes' health care programs to earn income from insurers such as Medicare and Medicaid.
May 12, 2020
The Indian Health Service has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's bid to overturn a dismissal of the tribe's suit against the agency over contract support costs, saying the IHS doesn't have to pay for services a contractor provides using non-IHS funds.
March 12, 2020
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn a district court's dismissal of the tribe's suit against the Indian Health Service, saying a self-determination act clearly requires the agency to pay contract support costs on all federal programs compacted by the tribe.