What services does the Indian Health Service (IHS) offer?
IHS provides health services for Indian communities through HIS local facilities and contracted Purchased/Referred Care programs.[3401] These may include hospital and medical care, dental care, public health nursing and preventative care (including immunizations), and health examination of special groups such as school children.[3402] Importantly, they can screen for post incarceration placements or assist with placements to treatment facilities. Additionally, they can provide post incarceration mental health services.
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See Indian Health Services, IHS Profile, https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/ihsprofile; Indian Health Services, Purchased/Referred Care, https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/purchasedreferredcare. ↑
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See https://www.ihs.gov/forpatients/healthcare/ ↑