COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund: Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers

The COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund dataset lists health care entities that have received reimbursement for administering COVID-19 vaccines to underinsured individuals. The program is funded by the CARES Act ($100 billion), PPPHCEA ($75 billion), and CRRSA Act ($3 billion), with payments administered by HRSA's Provider Relief Fund. The data is hosted by data.cdc.gov and was last updated on March 28, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic distribution of reimbursements using STATE and CITY columns.
• Identify top-reimbursed healthcare providers using PROVIDER NAME and CLAIMS PAID FOR VACCINE columns.
• Map reimbursement claims by state and city for public health reporting using STATE, CITY, and PROVIDER NAME columns.

Strengths

• Data is directly tied to a major federal relief program with specified funding amounts ($100B, $75B, $3B).
• Includes key administrative columns: STATE, PROVIDER NAME, CLAIMS PAID FOR VACCINE, CITY.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats: CSV, JSON, XML, RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), via data.cdc.gov.

Collection Method

Likely contains claims data submitted by and reimbursed to eligible health care providers.

Time Range

Covers the period of the COVID 19 Coverage Assistance Fund program; specific start and end dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-03-28 02:35:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the United States, as indicated by STATE column.