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  • 1.  HHS Announces $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding - 10/1/20

    National Council Staff
    Posted 10-01-2020 15:09

    Dear Association Executives - HHS announced today the opening of a new $20bn Phase 3 portal. The Administration's press release emphasizes the importance of mental health and substance use service providers, and their critical role addressing the COVID-19 crisis.

    "HHS has worked to ensure that all American healthcare providers receive support from the Provider Relief Fund in a fast and fair way, and this new round helps ensure that we are reaching America's essential behavioral health providers and takes into account losses and expenses relating to coronavirus," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. "We've worked with all of the resources we have across HHS to ensure that America's heroic healthcare providers know they can apply for support."

    The portal will open for applications on Monday, October 5, and HHS is broadly expanding eligibility to additional behavioral healthcare providers.

    We believe this portal will operate on a first come first serve basis, so we strongly recommend you encourage your members to apply early.

    HHS has not yet released application process details. Once we have those details, we will send you that information along with a step-by-step infographic to guide providers through the process.

    Stay tuned!

    Chuck



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    Chuck Ingoglia
    President & CEO
    National Council for Behavioral Health
    Washington DC
    (202)684-7457
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  • 2.  RE: HHS Announces $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding - 10/1/20

    Posted 10-01-2020 18:03

    Are providers that received funding through the first two portals eligible?  I'll look forward to the details.  Thanks, Chuck.

     

    Terry

     




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  • 3.  RE: HHS Announces $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding - 10/1/20

    National Council Staff
    Posted 10-01-2020 22:11
    Yes indeed. Here is the eligibility info from the Eligibility

    HHS is making a large number of providers eligible for Phase 3 General Distribution funding, including:

    • Providers who previously received, rejected or accepted a General Distribution Provider Relief Fund payment. Providers that have already received payments of approximately 2% of annual revenue from patient care may submit more information to become eligible for an additional payment.
    • Behavioral Health providers, including those that previously received funding and new providers.
    • Healthcare providers that began practicing January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2020. This includes Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, dentists, assisted living facilities and behavioral health providers.

    Payment Methodology – Apply Early 

    All eligible providers will be considered for payment against the below criteria.

    1. All provider submissions will be reviewed to confirm they have received a Provider Relief Fund payment equal to approximately 2 percent of patient care revenue from prior general distributions. Applicants that have not yet received Relief Fund payments of 2 percent of patient revenue will receive a payment that, when combined with prior payments (if any), equals 2 percent of patient care revenue.
    2. With the remaining balance of the $20 billion budget, HRSA will then calculate an equitable add-on payment that considers the following:
      • A provider's change in operating revenues from patient care
      • A provider's change in operating expenses from patient care, including expenses incurred related to coronavirus
      • Payments already received through prior Provider Relief Fund distributions.


    Chuck Ingoglia
    President & CEO
    National Council for Behavioral Health


     

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    President & CEO
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    Direct: (202) 684-3749
    Email: ChuckI@TheNationalCouncil.org
           
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    Terry Dosch

    Are providers that received funding through the first two portals eligible?  I'll look forward to the details.  Thanks, Chuck.

     

    Terry

     
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    From: Terry Dosch
    Subject: RE: HHS Announces $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding - 10/1/20

    Are providers that received funding through the first two portals eligible?  I'll look forward to the details.  Thanks, Chuck.

     

    Terry