In Tribal Health Care Funding Dispute, D.C. Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment

(March 6, 2024, 3:11 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is no genuine dispute of material fact regarding the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) decision to reject certain duplicative funding elements for the lease of a hospital owned and operated by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians because the agency was correct in rejecting the tribe’s funding proposal based on federal regulations governing such lease agreements, a District of Columbia federal judge held in granting summary judgment to the agency....