The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is making more than $560 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 General Distribution payments this week. Providers will receive an email notification today, Thursday, February 24, if their application was among those processed in this latest batch.
HRSA is working to review all remaining applications as quickly as possible. Approximately 86 percent of all Phase 4 applications have now been processed. Remaining applications will continue to be processed throughout early 2022.
Learn More:
- HHS published a press release this morning and an updated state-by-state table detailing all Phase 4 payments made to date.
- As individual providers agree to the terms and conditions of Phase 4 payments, it will be reflected on the public dataset.
If a provider expects an email and does not receive one, there are a few items to check:
- Validate Optum ID Account Number(s) – make sure they are Payment Account Number and Payment TINs used to set up the Optum ID Account Number(s)*
- Validate Provider Point of Contact email
*Optum accounts need to be active with up-to-date information. HRSA's recommendation now is that providers check the three-digit TIN on the initial notification letter to determine whether the payment account number is being used, or, in HRSA terms, “active."
Please also check this email as a safe sender for whomever is your designated point of contact for applications: UHG_HRSA@ProviderEmail.uhc.com.
At HRSA's request, all questions should be directed to the Support Line at (866) 569-3522; for TTY dial 711. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.
Additional concerns can be sent to COVID19@ahca.org.