Analysis | Covid-19 | Jun 9, 2020
What We Know Now: How Providers Can Access the $100 Billion CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
In recent months, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued ongoing announcements and updates with respect to the Provider Relief Fund. The guidance and updates that HHS has provided to date relate to the $100 billion authorized by the CARES Act; they do not yet contemplate how HHS will distribute the additional $75 billion.This analysis provides:• An overview of the available funds, the resources HHS has made available to providers, and the steps that providers will need to take (or must have already taken) to access these funds. • An overview of the longer-term reporting and documentation requirements that providers will need to satisfy by way of accepting these funds. See page 8.