Providers are ramping up their calls for Congress to allocate additional COVID-19 relief that HHS could use to directly reimburse providers for costs related to Delta and Omicron variant surges while the Biden administration pressures lawmakers into passing targeted relief would just replenish the uninsured program and fund various vaccine treatment projects. The Biden administration had asked Congress earlier in March for an additional $22.5 billion in COVID-19 relief , announcing that HHS had spent or allocated more than 90%...