Providers Urged To Apply For Relief After Deadline Extended Due To Dismal Turnout

House Ways & Means Republicans and HHS are urging Medicaid, dental and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers to apply for $15 billion in provider relief after the application deadline was extended to Aug. 3 to give eligible providers more time. When the funding was initially announced in June, provider groups had worried the $15 billion wouldn’t be enough -- but that concern was based on the expectation that about a million providers might apply for a share of the money,...