HHS Pays All Dental Practices 2% of revenues from patient care

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(CARES Act Provider Relief Fund)
Summary obtained from link below:

https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/cares-act-provider-relief-fund/faqs/dental-distribution/index.html?language=en

HHS has updated its’ program to make support payments to all dental providers, including ones who may not bill Medicare or Medicaid. Providers should be on the curated list of TINs. They must also meet other eligibility requirements. 

Payments will be based upon 2% of (revenues * percent of revenues from patient care) for most recent tax filing, as reported by the applicant, and with accompanying submitted tax documentation.

To be eligible to apply, a dental provider must meet all of the following requirements:

  1. must not have received payment from the initial $50 billion Medicare-focused General Distribution; and
  2. must not have received payment from the $15 billion Medicaid and CHIP Distribution; and
  3. must have either (i)  filed a federal income tax return for fiscal years 2017, 2018 or 2019 or (ii) be an entity exempt from the requirement to file a federal income tax return and have no beneficial owner that is required to file a federal income tax return. (e.g. a state-owned hospital or healthcare clinic); and
  4. must have provided patient dental care after January 31, 2020; and
  5. must not have permanently ceased providing patient dental care directly, or indirectly through included subsidiaries; and
  6. if the applicant is an individual, have gross receipts or sales from providing patient dental care reported on Form 1040, Schedule C, Line 1, excluding income reported on a W-2 as a (statutory) employee.

The deadline to submit an application is July 24, 2020.

Here are links to better help complete the applications:

https://chameleoncloud.io/review/3016-5ec704315a620/prod

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/medicaid-provider-distribution-application-form.pdf

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/medicaid-provider-distribution-instructions.pdf

Notes:

  • It may take a day to verify TIN – Consider starting before you have the Application Form completed
  • Online Form does not allow to save the information – Complete the Application Form offline first and save it as a PDF on your computer or paper form.