The Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Reform Policy Committee (MMPC) is a standing committee of the National Indian Health Board (NIHB). The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides 100 percent of NIHB’s funding for the MMPC. The MMPC is chaired by a member of the NIHB Board of Directors.

The MMPC assists NIHB in evaluating program and payment policies of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its programs and has developed significant recommendations to the CMS for the benefit of the IHS/Tribal/Urban (I/T/U) system. It has demonstrated its ability to bring together representatives from all twelve IHS areas to affect legislation for expanded outreach, education and enrollment of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) into Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). It also assists in the development of position and policy statements for the Tribal Technical Advisory Group to CMS (TTAG), in line with NIHB’s effort to improve access to quality health care for our Tribal communities.