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Updated HHS Guidance: Civil Rights Protections for People With Disabilities For Healthcare Providers
February 4, 2022
On February 4, 2022, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued guidance to health care providers on civil rights protections for people with disabilities. VGM has received several inquires as to the more specific nature of the guidance.
To be clear, the release is an update of an earlier (March 28, 2020) HHS bulletin, which included information relative to civil rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
The bulletin noted “…in light...
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HHS Provider Relief Fund Reporting Window Reopened Until Monday, Dec. 20, 2021
December 16, 2021
Categories: COVID-19, General, HHS, PHE
If you are a provider who was required to submit a report to HRSA, and you missed the deadline to submit reports, or would like to make a correction to the report you initially submitted, you now have a second, and likely final, chance to do that. However, that second chance won’t last long. The reporting portal has been re-opened by HRSA, but it will only remain open until December 20th. The statement on their website (https://prfreporting.hrsa.gov/s/) reads:
Read MoreTwo Important HHS Provider Relief Fund Updates - New Funds Available and Reporting Deadline Grace Period
September 17, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced 2 important updates (https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/09/10/hhs-announces-the-availability-of-25-point-5-billion-in-covid-19-provider-funding.html) regarding the HHS Provider Relief Fund (PRF).
An additional $25.5B in funding will be made available to eligible providers beginning September 29th. The funding will be available through 2 different source. $8.5B dollars will be made available through the American Rescue Plan,... Read MoreHHS Provider Relief Fund Reporting - New Guidance and Supporting Documents
July 9, 2021
Since the HHS Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting portal opened on July 1, 2021, HHS has released some updated guidance and two important supporting documents to assist providers as they prepare to submit their reports on how they used the dollars they received. The first document is a 36-page data entry workbook, which walks providers through the various data points and fields that they will need to include in their reports. That workbook can be found here.
The workbook can also...
Read MoreIMPORTANT UPDATE: HHS Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements
June 11, 2021
HHS has revised the Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements - PDF as of today, June 11, 2021.
The Revised Notice Can Be Found HERE** Please note, the link to the PDF document has been intermittenly working. You can also click here for additional information.
This new version supersedes all previous versions of the...
Read MoreHHS Provider Relief Fund Reporting Deadline Postponed
January 20, 2021
Categories: COVID-19, General, HHS
For providers who received more than $10,000 in total payments from the HHS Provider Relief Fund (PRF), HHS is requiring those providers to submit at least one report, and possibly a second report, showing how the funds were utilized. Initially, HHS had said that the reporting portal would open on January 15th, and that the first report for all providers would be due no later than February 15th. The portal did indeed open on January 15th, but the only thing providers can do at this point is register...
Read MoreUpdate on Phase 3 of the HHS Provider Relief Fund
October 8, 2020
As we announced last week, HHS has opened up the portal for providers to apply for Phase 3 of the HHS Provider Relief Fund (PRF). Since that initial announcement, HHS has released a few additional details, but there are still some questions that remain unanswered. HHS is hosting a webinar on October 15th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. If you register for the webinar, there is a place where you can enter any question(s) that you would like to have answered during the webinar. We encourage you...
Read MoreImportant Deadline for HHS Provider Relief Fund Application
September 18, 2020
Categories: COVID-19
HHS has provided additional clarification around the deadline for providers to complete their application for Phase 2 of the Provider Relief Fund. The deadline for providers to have submitted their applications for Phase 2 of the HHS provider relief fund, whether they were applying as a Medicare provider or as a Medicaid/CHIP provider, was September 13. The first step of that process required a provider to get their Tax ID Number (TIN) validated, a process that could take a few days. The previous...
Read MoreDEADLINE Reminder! This Monday, July 20th, is the deadline to apply for HHS relief payments.
July 17, 2020
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,...
Read MoreHHS Indicates an Additional Extension to PHE
June 30, 2020
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...
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