POSTED ON MONDAY, June 15, 2020
The CARES Act, which was enacted in March of this year, provided many hospices with federal funds to support their business during the COVID-19 pandemic. The struggle for hospices is figuring out how they can spend the money. HHS outlined in the provider relief funding terms and conditions, the main criteria states that the health care related expense or loss of revenue be attributable to the coronavirus. The general nature of the conditions has challenged hospices working to define which expenditures meet the criteria and which do not amid unclear federal guidance.
“Hospices can directly correlate many expenses to the pandemic’s impact, including paid time off for staff with childcare needs or those under quarantine after exposure, rising prices of personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies, technology expenses of increased telehealth utilization, and decreased admission rates from referring sources. Other trickle-down expenditures leave some hospices in a murky area when it comes to allocating funds received from the CARES Act. As the questions mount, providers continue to call for more specified federal guidance, voicing concerns on various platforms.”
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