Thread by @MarilynHeineMD

1/ Action Item for relief funds: As ⁦@AmerMedicalAssn⁩ reported, #HHS announced that providers need to take action by June 3, 2020 regarding CARES Act Provider Relief Fund distribution of the first $50 billion referred to as the General Distribution: tinyurl.com/y78swuda

2/ Specifically, @HHSGov indicated that by June 3, those who had received funds need to accept the #HHS Terms and Conditions and submit revenue information to be considered for an additional General Allocation payment.

3/ Subsequently, HHS announced that it had extended the attestation deadline for an additional 45 days, but the June 3 deadline has remained on the Provider Relief Fund website: tinyurl.com/yat69ao8

4/ @AmerMedicalAssn asked @HHSGov why the website still has a deadline of June 3 when the attestation deadline has been further extended. Physicians should be aware that this site is frequently revised and that new FAQs were added as recently as May 29.

5/ Response from HHS:
 
“Folks will have a total of 90 days to attest.  However, they will only have until June 3 to access the application portal to submit their revenue / loss information.”
 
“Folks must accept or reject funds in order to enter the application portal.”

6/ Continued:

“So, if on June 3 folks are still deciding whether to accept funds they have already received, but haven’t yet submitted their tax information to the application portal, they should (1) reject the funds; (2) submit info to the application portal for consideration.”

7/ And

“They will be reallocated all General Distribution funds they are owed based on their submitted application & will then have 90 days to attest or reject.”
 
“We have implemented this so that we can have all applications by 6/3 & can start rolling out other distributions.”

8/ And
“The attestation portal (as opposed to the application portal) will remain open for 90 days.  Only the application portal will close on June 3.” /fin