Indian Health Services

For about a decade the rate of uninsured Native American children in South Dakota declined by almost fifty percent. In the same period, the rate of…

South Dakota’s US House Representative says an Indian Health Service reform bill is moving quickly through Congress.Congresswoman Kristi Noem has…

Representative Don Haggar says the Indian Health Service needs help and is requesting an audit by the Federal General Accounting Office.A bill to equal…

Governor Dennis Daugaard says South Dakotans should not expect millions of dollars from IHS. A deal with the Indian Health Service would have covered…

South Dakotans don’t have answers to many of their health care questions. Between federal administration changes and decisions at the state level, the…

Medicaid expansion in South Dakota may not happen, but many health care providers say they’re not giving up on reforms that could help the working poor.…

State lawmakers say improving quality of health care remains a legislative priority. This on the heels of Governor Dennis Daugaard’s announcement that he…

Indian Health Service officials are temporally closing the emergency room at Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City. Officials say the closure is meant to…

South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem says the Sioux San Indian Health Service hospital in Rapid City will pass federal Medicaid and Medicare…

The emergency room at the Indian Health Service run Rosebud Hospital is reopening after being closed for more than seven months.The head of IHS says this…