McKnight’s Senior Living September 25, 2023
Kimberly Bonvissuto

As the federal government continues to claw back misappropriated and unused COVID-19 relief funds, senior living industry advocates remain frustrated that assisted living providers “lost out” on this aid.

A Government Accountability Office report about the Provider Relief Fund, released Thursday, found that the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration reviewed provider eligibility and appropriate use of funds and found that $2.6 billion should be recovered — twice the amount that assisted living providers received in total PRF dollars, according to Argentum. As of May, according to the GAO, the agency had recovered approximately half of that amount, making plans in August to send final repayment notices by April.

Although assisted living providers do...

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