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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Hospital has indicated that it wants to take over the Hope Dialysis Center in Iliili — its doors closed on June 30, 2024.
The CEO of LBJ Hospital Dr Akapusi Ledua at a hearing of the Senate Health Committee last Thursday, reiterated what he had said in an email to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Hope Dialysis Center’s Chris Fisher, Chief Executive Office (CEO) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (BoD) was issued by the High Court of America Samoa on Apr. 28, 2022, with the order that a hearing be set for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The CEO of Hope Dialysis Center, Chris Fisher is calling the actions by HDC’s board to remove him as president and CEO of the corporation an attempted corporate coup to take over HDC. He reiterates that HDC will close its’ doors next month because “Medicaid refuses to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local Attorney General’s Office is pursuing a course of action against the Hope Dialysis Center (HDC) based on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the center and the American Samoa Venture Fund, as well as “a demand for all damages to which ASG is entitled...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hope Dialysis Center has announced it will be closing its’ doors next month. According to CEO Chris Fisher, it is because it can no longer operate without Medicaid reimbursement, which he says will stop after Apr. 16, 2022.
In the HDC press release, dated Apr. 5, 2022,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — According to a media release from the Hope Dialysis Center (HDC), dated Mar. 28, 2022, the dialysis center has not been paid for Medicaid services in over 7 months and points to a requirement of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), who regulates local...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A high mortality rate among patients of the dialysis unit at American Samoa's LBJ hospital have been highlighted as one of several concerns in a new report.
The health advisory group, that worked to resolve greivances on behalf of renal disease patients, had reported...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has granted a motion filed by private attorney Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei for an order to extend the time his client, Richard deSaulles, can reside off island for medical treatment.
Prosecuting the case on behalf of the government is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hope Dialysis Center, the territory’s first private dialysis facility, has passed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspection, meeting US standards and protocols.
The center in Vaitogi was inspected Monday through Thursday this past week by the National...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Hope Dialysis Center, located on the Vaitogi Road, officially opened its doors to the public last Friday, and services commenced yesterday morning. Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga Tasi Asuega, represented the government during the opening ceremony, in place of...