Financial Motivation for COVID (Per COVID Case)

Source: Hosptal CFO Report

State-by-state breakdown of federal aid per COVID-19 case

By Ayla Ellison (Twitter) - Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

HHS recently began distributing the first $30 billion of emergency funding designated for hospitals in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Some of the states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic will receive less funding than states touched relatively lightly, according to an analysis by Kaiser Health News.

The first round of grants will be distributed based on historical share Medicare revenue, not based on COVID-19 burden. Therefore, hard-hit states like New York will receive far less per COVID-19 case than most other states. 

HHS said it doled out the first slice of funding based on Medicare revenue to get support to hospitals as quickly as possible. The agency said the next round of grants "will focus on providers in areas particularly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak," rural hospitals and other healthcare providers that receive much of their revenues from Medicaid. 

Below is a breakdown of how much funding per COVID-19 case each state will receive from the first $30 billion in aid. Kaiser Health News used a state breakdown provided to the House Ways and Means Committee by HHS along with COVID-19 cases tabulated by The New York Times for its analysis.

Alabama 

$158,000 per COVID-19 case

Alaska 

$306,000

Arizona 

$23,000

Arkansas 

$285,000

California 

$145,000

Colorado 

$58,000

Connecticut 

$38,000

Delaware 

$127,000

District of Columbia 

$56,000

Florida 

$132,000

Georgia 

$73,000

Hawaii 

$301,000

Please go to Hosptal CFO Report to read the COVID cash incentive flow to each state.
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