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o The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey provides national prevalence data for Hepatitis C but excludes several high risk populations including federal prisoners, homeless individuals and over one million Native Americans residing on reservations. To address this concern, in 2012 IHS implemented a nationwide HCV antibody testing program in persons born between 1945 and 1965. This resulted in a fourfold increase in the number of patients screened  . IHS facilities of the Southwest reported the largest gains in number of patients tested and the percentage of eligible patients that received testing  . Currently, the incidence rate of acute hepatitis C in Native Americans is higher in comparison to any other racial/ethnic groups.