The series of economic stimulus packages launched in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency has funneled billions of dollars to health systems and provider groups. Are you wondering where the money went?
Under
the first wave of the HHS Provider Relief Fund, which allocated $50 billion, many health systems received substantial dollars. At the top was the New York-Presbyterian Hospital system, which took home more than $567 million. Other New York-based hospital systems, including NYU Langone ($403 million) and Long Island Jewish Medical Center ($326 million), received massive funds.
As part of the first round of Medicare fee-based payments, HHS franted 18 hospitals and health systems at least $100 million. Another 5,314 clinics, physician groups, hospitals and post-acute centers received between $1 million and $99 million.
All told, exactly 194,712 providers, health systems or clinics received at least some federal relief funds as part of the initial $50 billion outlay.
That includes many on the low end of the relief spectrum. Some 450 providers gained $10 or less, with 10 providers, including Our Family Medical Clinic in Garland, Texas, in receipt of a single dollar from HHS. Nearly 10,000 providers received less than $250.
The $50 billion general distribution fund based the relief payments on fee-for-service payments made during the 2019 calendar year. Providers
could expect to gain roughly 6% of their 2019 Medicare fees as a one-time cash infusion.
25 health systems in receipt of most general distribution relief funds
| Provider Name |
State |
City |
Payment |
| The New York And Presbyterian Hospital |
NY |
NEW YORK |
$567,285,060 |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals |
NY |
NEW YORK |
$403,339,290 |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center |
NY |
WESTBURY |
$326,631,509 |
| Dignity Health |
NV |
HENDERSON |
$180,264,488 |
| William Beaumont Hospital |
MI |
SOUTHFIELD |
$179,686,440 |
| North Shore University Hospital |
NY |
MANHASSET |
$175,200,130 |
| Advocate Health And Hospitals Corporation |
IL |
Downers Grove |
$160,977,911 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation |
LA |
NEW ORLEANS |
$124,854,422 |
| Regents Of The University Of Michigan |
MI |
ANN ARBOR |
$116,857,156 |
| University Hospital At Stony Brook |
NY |
STONY BROOK |
$112,581,243 |
| Staten Island University Hospital |
NY |
STATEN ISLAND |
$106,912,606 |
| Bronxcare Health System |
NY |
BRONX |
$105,345,390 |
| New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist |
NY |
BROOKLYN |
$104,187,532 |
| County Of Los Angeles |
CA |
COMMERCE |
$103,853,772 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
CA |
LOS ANGELES |
$103,347,125 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
OH |
INDEPENDENCE |
$103,289,897 |
| St Josephs Hospital And Medical Center |
NJ |
CEDAR GROVE |
$102,568,689 |
| Stanford Health Care |
CA |
PALO ALTO |
$102,405,229 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc |
NJ |
SOMERVILLE |
$99,144,974 |
| Ihc Health Services Inc |
UT |
Salt Lake City |
$97,906,212 |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc |
MI |
SOUTHFIELD |
$94,481,946 |
| Memorial Hermann Health System |
TX |
HOUSTON |
$92,422,556 |
| Lenox Hill Hospital |
NY |
WESTBURY |
$87,744,414 |
| Sutter Bay Hospitals |
CA |
ROSEVILLE |
$87,609,101 |
| Saint Barnabas Medical Center |
NJ |
LIVINGSTON |
$86,720,848 |
The most common payment amount was $9. That's what 77 providers received, according to the data set housed on the CDC's website.