According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Missouri received $2 billion 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 Childrens Mercy Hospital with a total of $64.5 million. The average loan size in the city was $70,104 while the state's average loan amount was $323,845.
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.
| Rank | Business | Dollar Amount Received |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Current River Nursing Center, Inc. | $626,140 |
| 2 | Comfort Care Home Health Agency, Inc. | $73,212 |
| 3 | Ripley County Ambulance District | $32,228 |
| 4 | Ripley County Colonial Home, Inc. | $23,521 |
| 5 | Mickey Chiropractic, Inc. | $4,263 |
| 6 | Loren Smothers | $4,140 |
| 7 | Hometown Pharmacy Management, LLC | $3,853 |
| 8 | Ray a Lassen, OD | $1,384 |
| 9 | Ripley County Health Center | $838 |
| 10 | Colby Lovelace | $833 |
| 11 | Freds of Doniphan, Inc. | $735 |
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