Dear Association Executives - Below and at the links below from HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) please find information on Provider Relief Fund payments. Please feel free to share this information with your members and please let us know if you have any questions.
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From: HHS IEA
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 11:04 AM
Subject: Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund Payment Distribution Announcement
Dear all,
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the distribution of approximately $9 billion in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 payments to health care providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The average payment being announced today for small providers is $58,000, for medium providers is $289,000, and for large providers is $1.7 million. More than 69,000 providers in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and eight territories will receive Phase 4 payments. Payments will start to be made later this week.
The PRF Phase 4 payments, in addition to the $8.5 billion in American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments to providers and suppliers who serve rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare beneficiaries, are part of the $25.5 billion the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing to health care providers to recruit and retain staff, purchase masks and other supplies, modernize facilities, or other activities needed to respond to COVID-19.
"As we continue to fight the pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration remains committed to supporting our health care providers on the front lines," said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. "This vital funding will ensure critical health care services are delivered to communities across the country – including to those who are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and medically-underserved. We will continue to make health care accessible for everyone who needs it and reach people where they are."
For more information, please the materials below:
Marvin Figueroa, Director
Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.
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Stephanie Katz
Assistant Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
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Neal Comstock
Director of Membership
National Council
NealC@TheNationalCouncil.org202 748-8793
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