American Samoa Medicaid Office
Washington, D.C. — Right now, there are dozens of patients — U.S. citizens — in New Zealand hospitals who are fighting the clock. They have only a few weeks to recover and get home to the tiny island of American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the South Pacific.
"We have a cancer patient that is coming...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Unless Congress acts before December 31, to pass federal legislation to provide additional Medicaid funding to American Samoa come January 2020, Medicaid will temporarily suspend certain services for patients (except reimbursements to LBJ Hospital).
Medicaid added new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid Office has stopped paying for escorts for patients that are referred to New Zealand except in certain cases.
The move comes because of incidents involving escorts and some patients which have put the referral programme in jeopardy.
Sandra King...