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Last year, Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa), introduced H.R. 2771, Protecting HOME Act of 2019, allowing for increased reimbursement rates for durable medical equipment and oxygen equipment and supplies in areas of the country where reimbursement has been slashed up to 50% over the years. This bill is still alive! We need to continue reaching out to our members of Congress asking for support. Click here to see a full list of current...

HHS has released additional details regarding the reporting requirements that recipients of the Provider Relief Fund will be expected to adhere to in order to comply with the Terms and Conditions of receiving the funds. Additional reporting details will be coming by August 17th, which should include a reporting template that providers can use, but here is what we know right now.

Providers who meet any of the following criteria will be required to report on the use of the funds they received:

In April of this year, many providers received HHS Provider Relief Fund payments from CMS (via United Healthcare). These funds were sent or deposited in their accounts automatically, without any request or application required. This automatic payment was considered Round 1 of the $50B General Distribution, and came from an initial $30B pool of funds. Those providers who received those initial automatic payments were then eligible to apply for additional funding from the remaining $20B of the $50B...

The deadline to apply for the HHS Provider Relief Fund for Medicaid/CHIP providers who did not receive any relief payments during the Medicare-based General Distribution has been extended until August 28th. Providers who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19, meet all of the other eligibility requirements, and can agree to the terms and conditions associated with the program are encouraged to apply for this relief fund.

HHS created this $15B Medicaid/CHIP relief program from the Provider...

REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the HHS Provider Relief Fund for Medicaid/CHIP providers who did not receive any relief payments during the Medicare-based General Distribution is Monday, July 20th. Providers who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19, meet all of the other eligibility requirements, and can agree to the Terms and Conditions associated with the program are encouraged to apply for this relief fund.

HHS created this $15B relief program from the Provider Relief Fund,...

On Monday, June 29, HHS Spokesperson Michael Caputo tweeted “…@HHSGov expects to renew the Public Health Emergency due to COVID-19 before it expires. We have already renewed this PHE once…” The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) was initially declared on January 31, 2020 (with acknowledgement that it has existed since January 27th). Any PHE declaration can only last for 90 days at a time, but can be extended or renewed. The COVID-19 was already renewed once in...

HHS has announced an additional $15B in relief fund distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, which will be made available to eligible providers that participate in state Medicaid and CHIP programs. Providers who have previously received a payment from the Provider Relief Fund General Allocation will not be eligible for this next round of funding. To be eligible for this funding, health care providers...

Healthcare providers who received HHS relief payment initially had 30 days to sign an attestation form which signaled they were agreeing to the Terms and Conditions and were keeping the payment they received. That 30 day window to sign the attestation form was later extended to 45 days, and on May 22 HHS extended that window even further, now allowing providers 90 days from the date they received a payment to accept HHS Terms and Conditions or return the funds.

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