Feds settle with Alaska tribes for underpayments

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The federal Indian Health Services has settled 22 claims with Alaska Native health organizations for underpaying for support services.

KTUU reports (https://is.gd/decLzJ) the Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage last week settled for $96 million for claims stretching back 17 years.

Other settlements have included

- Arctic Slope Native Association, $6.7 million;

- Ketchikan Indian Corporation, $364,989;

- Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., $25.5 million;

- Maniilaq Association, $25 million, and

- Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., $39 million.

Settlements are being made by Indian Health Services nationwide to comply with a 2012 Supreme Court ruling.

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Information from: KTUU-TV, https://www.ktuu.com