CARES Act Delivers Much-Needed COVID-19 Relief, Assistance to Healthcare Industry

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CARES Act provides, among other things, economic assistance to healthcare providers and entities providing coronavirus relief and services, including increasing Medicare program reimbursement, expanding telehealth services, offering regulatory flexibility for state Medicaid programs and healthcare providers, and ensuring small businesses have access to emergency funds and loan assistance. 

This alert offers a summary of available CARES Act relief tailored explicitly to healthcare providers and suppliers. It does not address all of the new healthcare provisions in the CARES Act, but focuses on those provisions that are likely to deliver the most support to the healthcare industry.