HHS Confirms $50 Billion In Provider Relief Divvied Up Based On 2018 Pay

HHS recently updated its provider relief fund website to confirm it will base $50 billion in COVID-19 relief funding on providers’ share of overall 2018 patient revenue, rather than on 2019 Medicare revenue. The website previously said all $50 billion of the so-called general distribution payments from the provider relief fund would be distributed based on 2019 Medicare fee-for-service revenue, as was the initial $30 billion distribution. But when the second tranche of funding was announced, HHS said that $20...