Tribal Consultation Letter

The VA MISSION Act Section 432 funds 100 physician residents’ clinical rotations in non-VA health care facilities, prioritizing facilities operated by Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and the Indian Health Service.

VA is writing to request tribal consultation to improve health care access for Veterans by re-issuing the VA Tribal Sharing and Reimbursement Agreements.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is writing to facilitate a tribal consultation to improve health care access for Veterans by re-issuing the VA Reimbursement Agreements.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is writing to facilitate a tribal consultation to improve health care access for Veterans by re-issuing the VA Reimbursement Agreements.

VA is writing to facilitate a tribal consultation to improve health care access for Veterans by re-issuing the VA Reimbursement Agreements.

We would like to invite Alaska Native Tribal Leaders (or their representative designees), along with Tribal Health Program leadership, to a listening session hosted by the Alaska Native Health Board regarding our collaborative efforts to administer the VA Indian Health Service/Tribal Health Program/Urban Indian Organization (I/T/U) Reimbursement Agreement Program (RAP).

We would like to invite Tribal Leaders (or their representative designee), along with Tribal Health Program leadership, to two listening sessions on February 13, 2022, regarding our collaborative efforts to administer VA’s Indian Health Service/Tribal Health Program (IHS/THP) Reimbursement Agreement Program (RAP) and implement Public Law 116-311, Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act.

Since 2012, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has administered the Indian Health Services/Tribal Health Program (IHS/THP) Reimbursement Agreement Program (RAP).

VA continues to seek improvements to VA’s IHS/THP RAP to enhance program operations.