2004 Press Releases
CMS,
IHS Announce Special Medicare Drug Card for American Indians, Alaska Natives
(October 13, 2004)
Indian
Health Service Sponsors American Indian and Alaska Native Health Summit
(August 23, 2004)
Indian
Health Service Headquarters Begins Reorganization (August 20,
2004)
HHS
Announces $700,000 for Tribal Self-Governance
Cooperative Agreements (July 12, 2004)
IHS
Targets $24.7 Million to Address Diabetes Prevention/Complications among
American Indians and Alaska Natives (June 30, 2004)
Tucson
Area Indian Health Service and Tohono O'odham Nation to Hold Groundbreaking
Ceremony for New Westside Helth Center (May 14, 2004)
Department
of Health and Human Services and Otoe Missouria Tribe Dedicate a New Wellness
Center (May 14, 2004)
IHS
Receives First SIDS Risk Reduction Resource Kit From the CJ Foundation
(May 6, 2004)
HHS
and Tribes Dedicate New Hospital in Winnebago, Nebraska (April
8, 2004)
HHS
and Tribes Dedicate New Health Center in Pawnee, OK (March 29,
2004)
IHS
Achieves High Rating in Annual HHS Performance Review - and Electronic
Health Record begins implementation and use later this year (March 4,
2004)
President
Proposes 1.6% Increase for FY 2005 IHS Budget (February 2, 2004)
President
Signs FY 2004 Budget: 2.5% Increase for IHS (February 2, 2004)
HHS/IHS/ANA
Awards $1 Million in Grants for Indian Children and Youth Programs
(January 12, 2004)
2003 Press Releases
Donald
Lee Selected as IHS Aberdeen Area Director (December 10, 2003)
Medicare
Bill has Benefits for Indian Country (December 9, 2003)
IHS
Teams with NIKE to Promote Health (November 19, 2003)
For an signed copy of the MOU with NIKE, click
here!
Employees
Honored at 2003 National IHS Director's Awards Ceremony (November
12, 2003) For
a copy of the Awards Book, click here!
IHS
Physician (Dr. Ossowski) Selected as 2004 National Family Physician of
the Year. (October 19, 2003)
Phoenix
Area Hospitals First in IHS to Receive Critical Access Hospital Designation
(August 21, 2003)
Eight
More Ambulances Reach Indian Country Through HHS-DOD Project (August
20, 2003)
HHS
Secretary Thompson Swears in Dr. Grim as 7th Director of the IHS
(HHS Release, August 6, 2003)
HHS
Awards $1.2 Million to Build New Clinic in Chenega Bay, Alaska
(HHS Release, August 6, 2003)
Charles
W. Grim Confirmed on July 16, 2003, as Seventh Director of the Indian
Health Service (July 17, 2003)
IHS
Pharmacist (Dr. Jim Bresette) Selected as 2003 Maryland Distinguished
Young Pharmacist of the Year (June 12, 2003)
IHS
Receives HHS Energy and Water Management Awards (May 20, 2003)
Suicide
Prevention Week - IHS encourages knowing the warning signs (May 5,
2003)
IHS
FY 2003 Appropriation Results in 3.3% Increase (May 1, 2003)
IHS
Physician (Dr. Eric Ossowski) Selected as 2003 Arizona Family Physician
of the Year (May 1, 2003)
Increasing
Access to Care - Ground breaking for new IHS Health Center for Navajo
Nation (April 11, 2003)
IHS
Issues 10-Year Strategic Plan (April 4, 2003)
Warm
Springs Tribes and IHS Begin a Study to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission
of Tooth Decay (March 7, 2003)
HHS
and VA sign Agreement to Improve Health Care for American Indian and Alaska
Native Veterans (February 25, 2003)
President
Releases FY 2004 Budget Request for IHS - release with links to additional
budget documents and statements (February 3, 2003)
HHS
Makes More Ambulances Available to Tribal Emergency Programs (January
29, 2003)
IHS Annouces Launch of Web-Based PHOTO
GALLERY (January 29, 2003)
CMS
to Extend Medicare Satellite Network to IHS and Indian Tribes (January
24, 2003)
HHS
Announces $114 Million Budget Request Increase for IHS Sanitation Construction.
(January 17, 2003)
(This link will take you to the HHS press release on the HHS
website)
2002 Press Releases
IHS
Launches New Web-based Incident Reporting System (December 19, 2002)
IHS National Director's Awards Presented
to Employees at November Awards Ceremony (December 19, 2002)
HHS
Announces $100 Million in Grants to Prevent and Treat Diabetes Among American
Indians and Alaska Natives - IHS to Distribute Funds (HHS Release,
December 10, 2002)
Study
Identifies SIDS Risk Factors Among American Indian Infants (December
3, 2002)
Indian
Health Service Executives (Margo Kerrigan and John Hubbard) Receive Presidential
Rank Award (December 2, 2002)
HHS
Receives Award for Excellence in Energy Performance at the IHS Blackfeet
Hospital (November 20, 2002)
HHS
Co-Sponsors International Traditional Healing Conference (November
12, 2002)
HHS/IHS
Publishes Compendium of Research on American Indian and Alaska Native
Domestic Violence (October 22, 2002)
Aberdeen
Area Infant Mortality Study (October 10, 2002)
IHS
Awards $1.7 Million in Grants for Recruitment and Retention of Health
Care Professionals in Indian Health Programs (October 1, 2002)
HHS
Awards $4.5 Million to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Research
Centers (September 12, 2002)
HHS/IHS
Signs Contract with Navajo Nation to Provide Health Care Services
(August 30, 2002)
Charles
W. Grim Appointed as IHS Interim Director (August 28, 2002)
Tribal
Health Programs Have Until Sept. 1 to Register Interest in Funding to
Establish a Rural Assistance Center (August 23, 2002)
Roundtable
Report Released on Key Issues of Long-Term Care for American Indian and
Alaska Native Elders (August 17, 2002)
HHS Announces $250,000 for Dental
Services for Alaska Natives and Village of Nondalton to Receive Ambulance
(HHS release, August 4, 2002)
HHS
and IHS Dedicate Newest Hospital (Fort Defiance) for Navajo Nation
(HHS release, July 25, 2002)
Secretary Thompson Makes Ambulances Available to Tribal
and IHS Emergency Programs (July 13, 2002)
Portland IHS Area Receives Energy Conservation Efforts
Receives Award. (June 13, 2002)
Secretary HHS Signs MOU with Canada on Indigenous Health
on May 13, 2002. IHS to administer MOU for U.S. Copy
of signed MOU available here. (June 5, 2002)
IHS
Officer Promoted to Rear Admiral (Eric B. Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H.)
(May 23, 2002)
IHS Selects Pete Conway as Billings Area Director
(May 16, 2002)
The
Indian Health Leadership Council Issues FY 2002 Annual Work Plan for the
IHS (March 27, 2002)
Third
Report Reveals Challenges Remain to Improve American Indian and Alaska
Native Oral Health (February 26, 2002)
Cancer
Health Coverage Expanded for American Indian and Alaska Native Women
(February 21, 2002)
Special
Report on Inhalant Abuse in Indian Country Available On-Line (February
19, 2002)
FY
2003 IHS Performance Plan and Related Documents Released (February 5,
2002)
FY
2003 IHS Budget Justification Documents Released (February 5, 2002)
President's
Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Request Proposes 2% Increase for IHS (February
5, 2002)
Guidelines
Released to Address Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians and Alaska
Natives (January 16, 2002)
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