Home Health & Hospice Week
ARP Rural Relief Funding Goes To Hundreds Of HH, Hospice Agencies
If you applied for American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural funding this fall, the feds have started distributing payments. Then: Last March, the Biden-Harris administration earmarked significant funding in the ARP legislation specifically for rural providers and suppliers caring for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries during the pandemic. Now: On Nov. 23, the Department of Health and Human Services via the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) commenced the distribution of $7.5 billion of ARP funds. Payments to more than 40,000 providers range from $500 to $43 million, HHS notes in a release. “Hundreds of home health care and hospice agencies received this funding,” notes the National Association for Home Care & Hospice. “Health care providers in rural communities have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and they continue to experience significant financial hardships,” says HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a release. “The infusion of these funds will be critical to ensuring rural communities maintain access to high-quality health care and addressing urgent needs like workforce recruitment and retention.” More information, including links to a state-by-state breakdown and a public file of all providers receiving the funds and their amounts, is at https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/11/23/biden-admin-begins-distributing-arp-prf-support-to-providers-impacted-by-pandemic.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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ARP Rural Relief Funding Goes To Hundreds Of HH, Hospice Agencies
If you applied for American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural funding this fall, the feds have [...]
