Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Becerra, et al
Case Number:
21-8046
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Government Agencies
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July 12, 2023
Feds May Put Tribal Reimbursement Question To High Court
The federal government may ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider two decisions that it claims dangerously expanded its liability for tribal health care programs, asking a Wyoming judge to stay litigation in which the Northern Arapaho Tribe has sought to recoup certain costs.
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April 24, 2023
Feds Ask 10th Circ. To Rethink Tribal Reimbursement Case
Federal regulators want the Tenth Circuit to revisit a decision ordering the Indian Health Service to reimburse a Wyoming tribe for $1.5 million in administrative health care costs, a directive they say could make the government liable for an enormous category of tribal expenses.
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March 07, 2023
Divided 10th Circ. Says Tribe Can Seek $1.5M Reimbursement
In a 2-1 decision Tuesday, the 10th Circuit reversed a ruling that would have prevented the Northern Arapaho Tribe from pursuing more than $1.5 million in third-party health care cost reimbursements from the federal government.
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November 05, 2021
Northern Arapaho Asks 10th Circ. To Reverse $1.5M Gov't Win
The Northern Arapaho Tribe has urged the Tenth Circuit not to let the government escape reimbursing it for over $1.5 million in third-party health care costs, arguing that forcing the nation to divert funds to pay for the costs is a "dilemma" that Congress has sought to avoid.
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October 18, 2021
Arapaho Tribe Received Full Health Payments, 10th Circ. Told
The federal government has told the Tenth Circuit it has no duty to reimburse the Northern Arapaho Tribe for third-party costs billed by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers beyond what it has already paid under an annual agreement, saying the tribe has received all the money it's owed.
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September 23, 2021
Tribes, NCAI Tell 10th Circ. Feds Must Cover Health Costs
A group of 19 federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations that run Indian Health Services facilities, along with the National Congress of American Indians and other groups, backed the Northern Arapaho Tribe's third-party health care cost appeal at the Tenth Circuit.
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September 15, 2021
Northern Arapaho Urge 10th Circ. To Reverse Health Cost Suit
The Northern Arapaho Tribe urged the Tenth Circuit to overturn a Wyoming federal judge's ruling that third-party costs related to health care funding are not covered under the tribe's health care contract with the federal government, arguing that the government must reimburse it.