Hospice News January 26, 2022
The federal government `this week is distributing $2 billion in Phase 4 Provider Relief Funds (PRF) to more than 7,600 health care providers nationwide. To date, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has not indicated what portion of those dollars will go to hospice providers.
HHS manages the PRF through a sub-agency, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Congress enacted the program in 2020 via the CARES Act, which earmarked $175 billion in PRF to assist health care providers across the continuum. The amount of funds earmarked for each health care sector is based on a percentage of the Medicare reimbursement that a provider receives. The agency’s last PRF outlay occurred in Dec. 2021, totalling $9...
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