American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payments
In November 2021, HRSA began releasing ARP Rural payments to providers and suppliers who have served rural Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare beneficiaries from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. Learn more about the recipients using the data sets linked below:
- Public dataset of names, locations (city, state, ZIP code), and payment amounts
- State-by-state breakdown of ARP Rural payments to date
$8.5 billion in American Rescue Plan (ARP) resources were made available to support rural communities impacted by COVID-19. Although separate from the Provider Relief Fund program, the ARP Rural application was administered via the PRF Portal.
COVID-19 High Impact Area Payments
HHS allocated funding to hospitals that had a high number of confirmed COVID-19 positive inpatient admissions as of April and June 2020.
- View the list of providers who received payment from the COVID-19 High-Impact Allocation of the Provider Relief Fund.
- Read the breakdown of the first round of $12 billion high-impact distribution by State and County (PDF - 1.17 MB)*.
- Read the breakdown on the second round of high-impact distribution by State (PDF - 66 KB)*.
Safety Net Hospitals Payments
HHS distributed $10 billion in Provider Relief Funds to safety net hospitals that serve our most vulnerable citizens.
- Read the breakdown of the $10 billion safety net hospital distribution by state (PDF - 63 KB)*.
Acute Care Hospitals
HHS distributed an additional $3 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments to acute care hospitals or hospitals operating on thin margins serving a large percentage of vulnerable populations.
- Read the breakdown of the $3 billion acute care distribution by state (PDF - 77 KB)*.
Children’s Hospitals
HHS distributed an additional $1.1 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments to children's hospitals so they can continue to care for children and operate safely.
- Read the breakdown of the $1.1 billion children's hospital distribution by state (PDF - 77 KB)*.
Rural Hospitals Payments
HHS distributed $10 billion to rural hospitals, including rural acute care general hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and Community Health Centers located in rural areas. HHS also provided an additional $1 billion for specialty rural hospitals, urban hospitals with certain rural Medicare designations, and hospitals in small metropolitan areas.
- Read the breakdown of the $10 billion rural distribution by State (PDF - 1,201 KB)*.
- Read the breakdown of the $1.1 billion additional specialty distribution by State (PDF - 75 KB)*.
Skilled Nursing Facilities Payments
HHS distributed a series of funding to nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities across the nation. This funding helped to combat the devastating effects of this pandemic.
- Read the breakdown of the first distribution to skilled nursing facilities by State (PDF - 87 KB)*.
- Read the breakdown of the $2.5 billion distribution for Nursing Home Infection Control Distribution (formally known as the Skilled Nursing Facility and Nursing Home Infection Control Distribution) by State (PDF - 57 KB)*.
The Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program rewarded nursing homes that created and maintained safe environments for their residents.
- Read a state-by-state breakdown of the fourth round December payments for Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program (PDF - 72 KB)*.
- Read a state-by-state breakdown of the third round November payments for Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program (PDF - 72 KB)*.
- Read a state-by-state breakdown of the second round October payments for Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program (PDF - 58 KB)*.
- Read a state-by-state breakdown of the first round September payments from the Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program (PDF - 73 KB)*.
- See a list of nursing home facility recipients of the Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program.
Indian Health Service Payments
On May 22, 2020, HHS announced an allocation in payments from the Provider Relief Fund to the Indian Health Service and tribal hospitals, clinics, and urban health centers to support the tribal response to COVID-19.
- Read the breakdown of the $520 million Indian Health Service and tribal payments by state (PDF - 72 KB)*.
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