Providers Want More Time to Report, Spend Pandemic Relief Funds

Medical groups and health lawyers are calling on the government to give hospitals more time and clarity as they hustle to report how they spent governmental pandemic assistance money by an approaching deadline.

The delta variant has hit an already overburdened health-care workforce hard, with hospitals losing money and staff leaving the industry at a time when they’re needed most.

The more than $120 billion distributed via the Provider Relief Fund supports those “on the front lines who have experienced lost revenues and expenses” due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson for the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of ...