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A 12-month project to establish an ombudsman program within the State Insurance Commissioner's Office to promote improvement in health insurance consumer assistance in American Samoa.

Award Number: CAPCA110018
ORGANIZATION: THE CENTER FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION INSURANCE OVERSIGHT
OPDIV: CMS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 10/15/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 10/14/2012

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A 12-month project to establish an ombudsman program within the State Insurance Commissioner's Office to promote improvement in health insurance consumer assistance in American Samoa. - The U.S. Territory of American Samoa requests $120,000 in funding to establish an Office of Health Insurance Consumer Assistance within its State Insurance Commissioner’s Office to provide ombudsman services to the close to 70,000 residents of the islands of Tutuila and Manu’a. The goal of this office will be to improve American Samoans’ understanding of and access to health insurance services in the Territory. Proposed funding will provide the level of consumer assistance needed to meet the Territory’s rapidly expanding health care system, which currently includes a Medicaid-certified primary and secondary care hospital and an American Samoa Department of Health (DOH) federally qualified Community Health Center and two (2) New Access Point facilities opened in 2009. Two (2) additional New Access Point sites are being proposed by DOH for 2011, and the Department of Health is seeking Medicaid certification for its primary care services, which will significantly increase the number of pe


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = -$120,000 )
2016	2011	AS TERRITORIAL ENERGY OFFICE	A.P. Lutali Executive Office Buildi	PAGO PAGO	AS			USA	Affordable Care Act (ACA) – Consumer Assistance Program Grants	02	1	8/17/2016	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$120,000
														Subtotal = -$120,000

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $120,000 )
2011	2011	AS TERRITORIAL ENERGY OFFICE	A.P. Lutali Executive Office Buildi	PAGO PAGO	AS			USA	Affordable Care Act (ACA) – Consumer Assistance Program Grants	00	1	10/15/2010	NEW	$120,000
														Subtotal = $120,000

Grand Total All Awards = $0

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A 12-month project to establish an ombudsman program within the State Insurance Commissioner's Office to promote improvement in health insurance consumer assistance in American Samoa.

Award Number: CAPCA110018

ORGANIZATION: THE CENTER FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION INSURANCE OVERSIGHT

OPDIV: CMS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 10/15/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 10/14/2012

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