COVID News

• COVID-19 Presents Significant Risks for American Indian and Alaska Native People

  "Coronavirus presents significant health risks for AIAN people because they face large underlying health disparities. AIAN people have disproportionately high rates of many health conditions that may put them at higher risk for serious illness if they contract coronavirus, including diabetes, heart disease, asthma, and obesity"

  By Marc Clark, posted on Thursday May 14, 2020

• NCAI, NIHB, NCUIH Coalition Letters to House and Senate on COVID-19 4th Package

  Letter from NCAI, NIHB, NCUIH, et al to House Leadership re: COVID-19 4th Package (April 15, 2020)

  Letter from NCAI, NIHB, NCUIH, et al to Senate Leadership re: COVID-19 4th Package (April 15, 2020)

  By NCUIH, posted on Thursday April 16, 2020

• Fact Sheet: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Third-Party Reimbursements for the Indian Health System

  Download Fact Sheet: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Third-Party Reimbursements for the Indian Health System

  Shervin Aazami, Director of Congressional Relations, National Indian Health Board, saazami@nihb.org; Julia Dreyer, Director of Federal Relations, National Council of Urban Indian Health, jdreyer@ncuih.org;

   

  By Meredith Raimondi, posted on Thursday April 16, 2020

• Resources from the Federal Government

  By NCUIH, posted on Wednesday April 15, 2020

• Legislative Text Example

  By , posted on Friday April 10, 2020

• NCUIH Requests to Congress for COVID-4

  NCUIH Letter to House Leadership on COVID-4 (April 10, 2020)

  NCUIH Letter to Senate Leadership on COVID-4 (April 10, 2020)

  NCUIH Essential UIO Requests for COVID-4 with Legislative Text

  By , posted on Thursday April 9, 2020

• POLITICO: Democrats seek hazard pay for health workers amid pandemic

  By , posted on Thursday April 9, 2020
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  NCUIH Resource: COVID-19 Funding Opportunities for Urban Indian Organizations

  Download Funding Guide with Links to Funding Sources

  By TARC, posted on Tuesday April 7, 2020
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  NCUIH Resource: COVID-19 and Telehealth for Urban Indian Organizations

  Download PDF

  By TARC, posted on Tuesday April 7, 2020
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  NCUIH: COVID-19 Resource Center

  COVID-19 Resource Center

  By Meredith Raimondi, posted on Tuesday April 7, 2020