Polsinelli Podcasts - Confusion to Clarity on the Future of the 340B Program
On June 24, HRSA announced that it had issued new grant award terms to its HRSA-funded health centers to provide insulin and injectable epinephrine at or below the 340B price paid by the health center for the drugs. HRSA...more
A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Sayeh Nikpay of the School of Public Health,...more
Our Health Care Team eyes the abrupt end of payments to health care providers under the Provider Relief Fund. HRSA will no longer process or complete reconsideration requests....more
Our Health Care Group analyzes why the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) is flexing its auditing muscles and explores the implications for entities that received Provider Relief Funds and American Rescue Plan...more
Most healthcare providers received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments (as described in greater detail in a previous McGuireWoods client alert) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) earlier in the...more
Two Weeks Left: Approaching Deadline to Report Period 4 Provider Relief Fund Payments - Most healthcare providers received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) funding (as described in greater detail in a previous McGuireWoods...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking repayment of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments from providers who failed to submit the required report(s) on their use of the funds. Recipients were...more
The Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) has allowed Provider Relief Fund (“Fund”) recipients who failed to timely report on use of Funds, but still retained them, to request to report late. We previously...more
The initial phase of Provider Relief Funds (“Funds”) was distributed in April 2020, and since then, many providers have been playing catch up. The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) recently addressed two...more
The Provider Relief Fund was established in the CARES Act to reimburse eligible health care providers for increased expenses or lost revenue attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a condition of receiving funds, providers...more
Beginning on April 11, 2022, providers that failed to satisfy Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Period 1 or Period 2 reporting deadlines may apply to submit a late report based on one of six extenuating circumstances, including...more
As of April 11, 2022, the Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) is now offering providers who missed the original Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) reporting deadlines the opportunity to request the ability to report...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is demanding repayment of funds granted under the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) from recipients who failed to comply with the program’s mandatory reporting requirement....more
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is authorized to distribute funds from its...more
HHS sent notices to noncompliant physicians and facilities on March 10, 2022 giving them 30 days to return funds paid to healthcare providers who have not complied with the agency’s reporting requirements....more
The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Portal opened for Reporting Period 2 on January 1, 2022. Recipients who received one or more General and/or Targeted PRF payments exceeding $10,000 in the aggregate from July 1, 2020...more
On September 10, 2021, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) made several important announcements regarding the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and its approaching...more
The long-awaited Provider Relief Fund reporting portal is now open. Providers who received one or more provider relief fund payments exceeding $10,000 in the aggregate during Period 1 (from April 10, 2020 to June 30, 2020)...more
On June 30, 2021, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) opened the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Portal, which providers who received PRF distributions will need to use to submit required information....more
On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opened its Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Remember, this first 90-day...more
Take note, all providers who received Provider Review Fund (PRF) payments – there are changes in the reporting deadlines and requirements. On June 11, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was...more
On September 19, 2020, the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued guidance (“September Guidance”) regarding the post-payment reporting requirements...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published updated reporting guidance for entities that received $10,000 or more in payments under the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) created by the CARES...more
Our Health Care Group reviews the nuances for eligibility and applying for the latest round of COVID-19 relief from the CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund....more
On Oct. 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administrative (HRSA), announced $20 billion in new Phase 3 General Distribution Funding for providers from the...more