Officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be in the territory later this week to meet with several government agencies and officials as well as the general community on issues dealing with the administering of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a press release from the office of Lieutenant Governor Gregory R. Francis.VI SHIP Director/Medicare Coordinator Rena Sarauw said the officials will be part of a larger delegation from the Department of Health and Human Services that will visit the U.S. Virgin Islands to discuss initiatives that can assist the territory in strengthening the availability and delivery of its health and human services to include funding opportunities still available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
