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Federal – Financial Relief for Providers

HLB has assembled a Financial Relief Guide to help health care providers access financial resources available to them during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Click here to view.

CMS CARES Act Financial Guidance to State Survey Agencies

Accelerated & Advance Payments Fact Sheet
CMS Fact Sheet: Expansion of the Accelerated and Advance Payments Program for Providers and Suppliers During COVID-19 (3/29/20)

> UPDATE: Effective April 26, 2020, CMS will not be accepting any new applications for the Advance Payment Program (Part B), and will be reevaluating all pending and new applications for Accelerated Payments (Part A)” before the MAC payment request forms.

     > MAC Payment Request Forms

    > Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments State-by-State

  • CMS FAQs re amendments to Accelerated and Advanced Payments Program (10/8/20)
  • CMS Fact Sheet re amendments to Accelerated and Advanced Payments Program (10/8/20)

SBA Coronavirus Relief Options
Information from the Small Business Administration on Programs Established by the CARES Act:

SBA Disaster Assistance
Information on the Small Business Administration’s low-interest disaster loans

CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
The CARES Act appropriated $100 billion for providers’ COVID-19 revenue losses and expenses to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF), and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act appropriated another $75 billion to the fund for this same purpose. HHS initially distributed $30 billion to providers based on relative Medicare payments in federal fiscal year 2019, but has since announced another $20 billion in payments that will be reconciled with the initial payments to provide for a distribution based on 2018 net patient revenue. Targeted distributions will also be made as follows: $10 billion for COVID-19 High Impact Areas, $10 billion for rural providers, $400,000 for Indian Health Service Facilities. In addition, HHS will reimburse health care providers at Medicare rates for COVID-related treatment of uninsured patients. This will be updated with further allocations as they are announced.

    > COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Overview:

> General Distribution Portal FAQs

    > Reporting Requirements 
General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements (11/2/20)
– Provider Relief Fund General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements (6/11/21)
– Provider Relief Fund General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements (1/15/21)
– Provider Relief Fund General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements, October 22 Version (10/22/2020)
– Reporting Requirements Policy Update (10/22/2020)
– Provider Relief Fund General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements, September 19 version (9/19/2020)

   > Distributions to Safety Net Hospitals and Medicaid and CHIP Providers
HHS Announces Enhanced Provider Portal, Relief Fund Payments for Safety Net Hospitals, Medicaid & CHIP Providers (6/9/20)

    > Rural Tribal Communities Distribution
HHS Awards $15 Million to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Tribal Communities (5/28/20)

    >  HHS Announces 45-Day Compliance Deadline Extension for Providers (5/22/20)

    > SNF Distribution
 HHS Announces Nearly $4.9 Billion Distribution to Nursing Facilities Impacted by COVID-19 (5/22/20)

    > General Distribution: Deadline to Accept Terms & Conditions and Submit Revenue Information HHS Announcement re Deadline to Accept Terms & Conditions and Submit Revenue Information for Provider Relief Fund General Distribution (5/20/20)

    > Distributions for Telehealth Providers (5/13/20)

    > HRSA FAQs re Uninsured Claims Reimbursement: HRSA FAQs re COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing and Treatment of the Uninsured

    > HRSA Uninsured Program Q&A: HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program, Questions and Answers from the April 29th and 30th Provider Webcasts

    > Distributions for Hospitals with High COVID Admissions, Rural Providers: HHS Begins Distribution of Payments to Hospitals with High COVID-19 Admissions, Rural Providers (5/1/20)

    > General Distribution Portal FAQs

    > Terms and Conditions

    > Attestation Portal

    > Portal User Guide

    > Treatment of the Uninsured

    > HLB Insight: HHS Announces Allocations fro m Provider Relief Fund; Hospitals Must Submit Data by Thursday, April 23 for Targeted Allocation (4/22/20);  HHS Distributes $30 Billion in CARES Act Relief Payments to Providers (4/11/20); and Webinar: COVID-19 Financial Relief for Providers (4/16/20)