Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to distribute $15 billion from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund to eligible Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers. 

Eligible providers who have not already received funds from the Provider Relief Fund may apply for the program through the HHS application portal. Payments will be at least 2% of reported 2019 gross revenue from patient care, as determined based on data submitted by the provider and the number of Medicaid patients the provider served. 

The deadline to apply and submit patient revenue data is July 20, 2020.

To learn more about the programs, please register for one of two HHS webcasts, scheduled for 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 23 and Thursday, June 25.