BCH alleged in the lawsuit that IHS has only paid the hospital roughly $635,000 in reimbursement for care provided from October 2007 to March 2012. However, the hospital billed IHS for roughly $2.28 million, resulting in a shortfall of $1.65 million.
The complaint says IHS has “been intentionally absent in providing the Indian patient population from Bennett County with medical services or healthcare pursuant to a federal treaty with the Oglala Sioux Tribe,” according to the report.
Roughly 92 percent of BCH’s patient population lacks commercial insurance.
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