Th ndn Hlth Srvc (HS) s n prtng dvsn (PDV) wthn th .S. Dprtmnt f Hlth nd Hmn Srvcs (HHS). HS s rspnsbl fr prvdng drct mdcl nd pblc hlth srvcs t mmbrs f fdrlly rcgnzd Ntv mrcn Trbs nd lsk Ntv ppl. HS s th prncpl fdrl hlth cr prvdr nd hlth dvct fr mrcn ndn ppl.
Th HS prvds hlth cr n 37 stts t pprxmtly 2.2 mlln t f 3.7 mlln mrcn ndns nd lsk Ntvs (/N). s f prl 2017, th HS cnsstd f 26 hsptls, 59 hlth cntrs, nd 32 hlth sttns. Thrty-thr rbn ndn hlth prjcts spplmnt ths fclts wth vrs hlth nd rfrrl srvcs. Svrl trbs r ctvly nvlvd n HS prgrm mplmnttn. Mny trbs ls prt thr hlth systms ndpndnt f HS. t ls prvds spprt t stdnts prsng mdcl dctn t stff ndn hlth prgrms.