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Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Distribution
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The Provider Relief Fund supported eligible health care providers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds were available to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses to reimburse, through grants or other mechanisms, eligible health care providers for health care-related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to coronavirus. Eligible providers of health care, services, and support received Provider Relief Fund payments for health care-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to coronavirus. In addition to the Provider Relief Fund, $8.5 billion was appropriated as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 for payments to rural providers or suppliers for health care-related expenses and lost revenues attributable to coronavirus. With the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and related rescission of program funds, HRSA will not obligate additional funds for payments under the Provider Relief Fund or the American Rescue Plan Rural Distribution. Per the Terms and Conditions of each Program, all reporting and auditing requirements will continue without disruption.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
HRSA began distributing billions of dollars of CARES Act funding fourteen days after the legislation passed.
HRSA DPI paid out over 796,106 general and targeted Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments to over 421,000 providers at approximately !135.2 billion, and American Rescue Plan Rural payments to over 47,000 providers at approximately $8.3 billion. The payments stopped in 2023. HRSA DPI is focusing its efforts on program administration and oversight consistent with Congress direction in the FRA.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
