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HHS provides $8.3 million to businesses in Homer under CARES Act

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Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Homer received $8.3 million in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Alaska received $239.4 million in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The largest recipient of funding in the state was Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium with a total of $29.1 million. The average loan size in the city was $360,123 while the state's average loan amount was $223,924.

Of the money distributed, $30 billion went out automatically to health providers based on previous year medicare payments. If the money wasn't returned within 90 days the provider is then automatically entered into the repayment terms that are issued by HHS. With the money going out automatically and the rules constantly changing, some of the businesses that received the money weren't eligible to receive it once the final rules were sent out.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, this information represents the list of providers that received a payment from the General Distribution, High Impact Targeted Allocation, Safety Net Hospitals, Non-Medicare, Rural Targeted Allocation and/or the Skilled Nursing Facility Targeted Allocation of the Provider Relief Fund and who have attested to receiving one or more payments and agreed to the Terms and Conditions as of July 8, 2020.

All PPP loan recipients
RankBusinessDollar Amount Received
1South Peninsula Hospital, Inc.$7,356,604
2Seldovia Village Tribe$386,408
3Midnight Sun Oncology Partners, LLC$249,714
4James Bourne PC, D.D.S.$94,861
5Garret Sitenga$32,952
6Homer Dental Clinic, LLC$32,312
7Homer Eyecare, LLC$27,422
8Timothy Christopher Robinson$24,841
9Homer Dental Center, Inc.$23,452
10Valley Dermatology Center, Inc.$18,045
11Richardson, Inc., D.M.D.$9,809
12South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services, Inc.$8,312
13City of Homer$3,905
14Anchorage Sleep Center, LLC$3,443
15Paul Sayer Professional Corporation, M.D.$3,080
16Clinic of Chiropractic Health, LLC$3,030
17Hediger Chiropractic Clinic$2,325
18BKO Health, LLC.$761
19Tony Romeril$625
20Ulmer Mede, Inc.$464
21Tim Scheffel$243
22Kenai Physical Therapy, Inc.$140
23Donna Fenske$81

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