April 22, 2020
Hospitals get additional $20 billion infusion of CARES Act funds
Author: Susan Morse
The Department of Health and Human Services is giving hospitals another $20 billion in CARES Act funding and allocating the remaining $50 billion to pay for the claims of the uninsured and to target COVID-19 hotspots, rural hospitals and Indian Health Service facilities.
The first wave of the $20 billion for hospitals is expected to be delivered on Friday. This follows an initial distribution of $30 billion for hospitals and now totals half of the $100 billion earmarked for providers in the Coro