The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced this week that it will release an additional $414 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 payments to more than 3,600 providers. The funds will be released to providers that have not yet received Phase 4 distributions. These payments are in addition to the $11.3 billion that was released between December 2021 and February 2022, bringing total Phase 4 payments to nearly $12 billion out of the $17 billion initially allocated. With the release of these funds, approximately 89% of all Phase 4 applications have been processed.
A state-by-state breakdown of the distributions is available here, and HRSA will add the provider-level Phase 4 distributions to the public PRF dataset once recipients attest to the terms and conditions. The below table includes updated Phase 4 distributions for GNYHA member states:
| $ in M | Distribution 1 (Dec 2021) | Distribution 2 (Jan 2022) | Distribution 3 (Feb 2022) | Distribution 4 (March 2022) | Total US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | $8,704 | $2,029 | $560 | $414 | $11,707 |
| NY | $753 | $300 | $51 | $48 | $1,151 |
| NJ | $274 | $26 | $20 | $17 | $337 |
| CT | $138 | $32 | $8 | $7 | $184 |
| RI | $43 | $13 | $0.43 | $0.24 | $57 |