The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is demanding repayment of funds granted under the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) from recipients who failed to comply with the program’s mandatory reporting requirement. This recoupment of funds could potentially impact up to 10,000 providers.
HRSA required recipients of relief funds in excess of $10,000 to delineate their use of PRF funds in a report submitted to HHS by September 30, 2021. HRSA implemented this reporting requirement to confirm that the providers who received the PRF funds used the funds only for healthcare related expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19.

On March 10, 2022, HHS sent notices to non-compliant providers instructing the providers that that they had thirty (30) business days to return the PRF funds. Non-compliant providers who do not comply with HRSA’s instruction to return the funds may be excluded from receiving or retaining future PRF payments.

The Provider Relief Fund Reporting Non-Compliance Fact Sheet is available here.