Oklahoma tribes make multimillion dollar investments in health care

Oklahoma City — Several tribes in Oklahoma are planning major investments in health care, including a Cherokee project that will be the largest joint venture in Indian Health Service's history.

The Cherokee, Muscogee and Osage nations all are expanding their health facilities and planning to hire more providers. Several of the projects are joint ventures where a tribe pays to build and equip new facilities, but the federal government agrees to pay some of the operations costs. Others, such as the Chickasaw Nation, are investing in offering more services within their current footprint.

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