By Victoria McKenzie (December 2, 2021, 8:30 PM EST) -- The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is suing the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services for $41. 7 million in damages over the government's alleged refusal to pay full contract support costs for operating federal health programs. In a complaint filed Monday in Alaska federal court, the tribal health consortium said HHS denied its claim for reimbursement after the Indian Health Service used the wrong standards to calculate prog...