Anonymous ID: 86db2f Aug. 20, 2021, 11:03 a.m. No.14407721   🗄️.is 🔗kun

More than 1,000 hospitals in high-impact areas will get a share of $10 billion in new federal assistance.

The new payments will be $50,000 per COVID-19 admission, less than the $77,000 in an earlier round.

Hospitals with large Medicaid populations have until Aug. 3 to apply for a separate pool of funds.

Hospitals that recently have submitted information on large COVID-19 caseloads could start to receive a share of $10 billion in new federal assistance this week.

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would begin sending payments July 20 to more than 1,000 hospitals in “high-impact” areas of the pandemic, based on the case count data they submitted in recent weeks.

 

That would add to the $10 billion HHS sent in May to hospitals that had more than 100 COVID-19 patients by April 10.

 

Hospitals will qualify for payments based on whether admissions between Jan. 1 and June 10 meet one of the following criteria:

 

More than 161 COVID-19 admissions

At least one COVID-19 admission per day

Higher than the national average ratio of COVID-19 admissions per bed

 

https://www.hfma.org/topics/news/2020/07/the-new-round-will-pay50-000-per-covid-19-admissioncompared-.html