Medicaid
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press release issued yesterday, director of the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency, Sandra King Young, announced that the local Medicaid office would open up enrollment for vision benefits services with their new local provider MyVision Eye Center, Dr. Laloasi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —
In a press release issued Thursday, the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency said the agency is encouraged and hopeful that the Kapiolani Children’s Hospital is slowly opening up a pathway for the Medicaid program to refer children’s cases to Honolulu.
This comes after...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At this week’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting the Medicaid director announced that starting with the January 27 flight, all non-residents wishing to travel to American Samoa will NOT be eligible for Medicaid services while the HR director confirms that more than half of the...
Washington, D.C. — The status of plans for a new hospital and continuing Medicaid support for American Samoa — American Samoa’s highest priorities within the massive U.S. budget reconciliation bill known first as the “Build Back Better” bill then as “the human infrastructure” bill — appears to be...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a response to her recent inquiries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing a $2.3 million boost in total available Medicaid funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (beginning October 1) from $85.5 to 87.8 million,...
Washington, D.C. — Imagine a health care system that serves over 3.5 million U.S. citizens (more than the state of Utah) facing up to an 85 percent cut to its federal funding allocation every few years. This is the case for the five U.S. territories — American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency says the costs of COVID testing in the State of Hawaii will be covered under the AS Medicaid program, for bona fide American Samoa residents requesting to be tested in order to return to American Samoa, according to a press...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two more medical charters are now scheduled for this month including one that will be used as a “test flight” bringing in up to 100 passengers, including medical personnel and government officials who will test local preparations when commercial flights between Honolulu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With no local matching funds provided by the territorial government, all services provided by the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency, have been suspended for the rest of this fiscal year 2021, and that includes any medical charters, except for the one already set for...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed passage Wednesday by the full House Energy and Commerce Committee of legislation to establish key Medicaid funding for American Samoa for eight years. The bill next moves on for consideration by the entire House of Representatives....