Home Health & Hospice Week
Providers Get Some Breathing Room On Provider Relief Fund Acceptance
Make use of the 45-day extension. Home care providers trying to decide whether they should accept the Provider Relief Funds furnished under the CARES Act have a little more time to decide. On May 22, the Department of Health and Human Services announced “a 45-day deadline extension for providers who are receiving payments from the Provider Relief Fund to accept the Terms and Conditions for Provider Relief Fund payments,” the agency said in a release.“Providers have now been granted 90 days from the date they received a payment to accept HHS Terms and Conditions or return the funds.” Some providers, including Encompass Health Corp., already have announced they will return the funds (see story, p. 158). Others are deciding if they meet the criteria and want to do the required reporting. HHS “is being responsive to [providers’] request for additional time to review and agree to Provider Relief Fund Terms and Conditions,” the release maintains. While a 60- or 90-day extension would have been even better, this measure is very helpful, says Tom Boyd with Simione Healthcare Consulting in Rohnert Park, California. Many providers are “nervous about the ‘kickback’ (if any) in the reporting,” Boyd tells Eli. They need further clarifications and assurances before proceeding with accepting the funds and their requirements. More information, including a link to the portal for agreeing to the terms and conditions, is at www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/cares-act-provider-relief-fund.
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