Title
Request to Accept CARES Act Provider Relief Funds (Ordinance S-46693)
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept $131,363.38 in CARES Act Provider Relief funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds associated with this item. This retroactive request seeks to ratify prior action because these funds were automatically deposited into the City’s account by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services without prior notification.
Report
Summary
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the bipartisan CARES Act that provides $100 billion in relief funds to hospitals and other healthcare providers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. This funding will be used to support healthcare-related expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19 and to ensure uninsured Americans can get testing and treatment for COVID-19. $50 billion of the Provider Relief Fund is allocated for general distribution to Medicare facilities and providers impacted by COVID-19, based on eligible providers' 2018 net patient revenue. The initial $30 billion was distributed between April 10 and April 17. The City of Phoenix received a direct deposit of $131,363.38 on April 17.
The Fire Department received these funds based on the department’s billing to Medicare for emergency medical transports and can be used to offset costs associated with emergency medical response to COVID-19.
Contract Term
There is no term to these funds as they have already been received as part of a stimulus package.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.