February 10, 2012: NIHB and NCUIH host a BBQ for Native youth attending the United National Indian Tribal Youth mid-year conference in Washington, DC!
NIHB Co-Hosts a Tribal and State Health Collaborative Roundtable
February 3, 2012 - Atlanta, GA
The purpose of this meeting was to assemble state and tribal health leaders to identify opportunities to improve state health and Medicaid agencies’ collaboration with tribal health leaders and to discuss pertinent issues in regard to public health programming, federal funding, and strategic relationships ...Read More (PDF)
Rex Lee Jim, NIHB Member-At-Large and Navajo Area Representative, provides testimony at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tribal Advisory Committee meeting with Lester Secatero, NIHB Albuquerque Area representative.
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Representative Don Young (R-AK), Chairman, House Subcommittee on Alaska Native and Indian Affairs, spoke with the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Joan Huffer (Director of the Federal Budget Initiative, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities) presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Tim Hill (Deputy Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), CMS), Teresa Nino (Director, Office of Public Engagement, CMS), and Kitty Marx (Director, Tribal Affairs Group, CMS) presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Representative Diane DeGette (D-CO), Chairperson, House Diabetes Caucus, spoke with the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, Indian Health Service Director, presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Loretta Tuell, Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Paul Dioguardi, Director, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, US Department of Health and Human Services, presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Pamela Hyde, Esq., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
Richard Litsey, Counsel and Senior Advisor for Indian Affairs, Senate Committee on Finance, presented to the NIHB Board of Directors at the meeting January 23-24, 2012.
NIHB Board Member Sally Smith Testifies at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Field Hearing
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius met with the Chairwoman of the National Indian Health Board Cathy Abramson at the 2011 Tribal Budget Consultation Meeting in Washington DC.
