Indian Health Service: Information on third-party collections and processes to procure supplies and services : report to congressional requesters
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Alternate Title(s):
- Information on third-party collections and processes to procure supplies and services: report to congressional requesters
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body. United States. Congress, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, March 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Equipment and Supplies -- statistics & numerical data Government Regulation United States United States. Indian Health Service
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. IHS provides care to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) through a system of federally and tribally operated facilities. In addition to receiving appropriated funds, IHS relies on funding from third-party collections to procure services, supplies, and pharmaceuticals needed for its operations. Ensuring AI/ANs have access to quality health care requires IHS to effectively manage its resources such as third-party collections and procurement processes, including those procurements made under the Buy Indian Act. GAO was asked to review IHS’s oversight of third-party collections and its procurements. Among other things, this report examines recent trends in, and IHS’s processes to oversee, third-party collections and the extent to which IHS uses the Buy Indian Act when procuring services and products, such as medical supplies. GAO reviewed agency documents, including policies, and interviewed IHS officials from headquarters and the nine area offices with two or more federally operated facilities—area offices are responsible for monitoring federally operated facilities’ operations and finances. GAO also reviewed data on third-party collections at IHS federally operated facilities for fiscal years 2015 through 2021 and analyzed contracting data from the Federal Procurement Data System for fiscal years 2015 through 2020, the most recent data available at the time GAO began its review.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 29 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918434584606676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918434584606676