Provider Relief Fund COVID-19 High-Impact Payments to Hospitals by State and City

Two rounds of federal payments totaling $22 billion were distributed to U.S. hospitals for high numbers of COVID-19 patient admissions. The Department of Health and Human Services via the Health Resources and Services Administration allocated these funds through the CARES, PPPHCEA, and CRRSA Acts. The dataset was last updated on data.cdc.gov in January 2021.

Use Cases

• Analyze payment distribution disparities by State and City using 1st Round Payment and 2nd Round Payment columns.
• Identify hospitals that returned funds by cross-referencing the Name and Returned (1st Payment) columns.
• Compare first and second round funding amounts per hospital using the 1st Round Payment and 2nd Round Payment columns.
• Map the geographic concentration of high-impact aid using the State and City columns alongside payment amounts.

Strengths

• Specific payment amounts of $12 billion and $10 billion for two funding rounds are documented.
• Covers nearly 400 hospitals in the first round, providing a substantive sample.
• Includes a Returned (1st Payment) column, which may indicate data quality checks.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2021-01-25 22:54:51; freshness should be verified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on fund distribution.

Time Range

Payments based on COVID-19 admissions through April 10, 2020 (Round 1) and between January 1 and June 10, 2020 (Round 2).

Freshness

Last updated 2021-01-25 22:54:51.

Geography

United States, indicated by State and City columns.