According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Georgia received $3.1 billion in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The largest recipient of funding in the state was Northside Hospital, Inc. with a total of $195.1 million. The average loan size in the city was $65,046 while the state's average loan amount was $299,390.
Of the money distributed, $30 billion went out automatically to health providers based on previous year medicare payments. If the money wasn't returned within 90 days the provider is then automatically entered into the repayment terms that are issued by HHS. With the money going out automatically and the rules constantly changing, some of the businesses that received the money weren't eligible to receive it once the final rules were sent out.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, this information represents the list of providers that received a payment from the General Distribution, High Impact Targeted Allocation, Safety Net Hospitals, Non-Medicare, Rural Targeted Allocation and/or the Skilled Nursing Facility Targeted Allocation of the Provider Relief Fund and who have attested to receiving one or more payments and agreed to the Terms and Conditions as of July 8, 2020.
| Rank | Business | Dollar Amount Received |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amedisys Northwest, L.L.C. | $629,345 |
| 2 | Gajasper SNF, LLC | $414,220 |
| 3 | North Star Hospice, LLC | $216,446 |
| 4 | Good Samaritan Health & Wellness Center | $106,114 |
| 5 | Khawaja Raza Mahmood | $71,390 |
| 6 | Georgia Mountain Dermatology, LLC | $68,642 |
| 7 | Pickens County Government | $44,172 |
| 8 | New Beginning Therapeutic Services | $42,863 |
| 9 | Griffeth Dental, PC | $24,709 |
| 10 | Jasper Eye Associates | $22,056 |
| 11 | Mountainside Anesthesia Consultants, LLC | $21,521 |
| 12 | Sleep and Lung Specialists, LLC | $17,481 |
| 13 | Jasper Neurological Associates, P.C. | $15,919 |
| 14 | Atlanta Cardiology Associates, LLC | $15,024 |
| 15 | Brenda G Fritz PC, D.M.D. | $14,954 |
| 16 | North Georgia Primary Care, PC | $13,566 |
| 17 | Lifetouch Chiropractic Clinic | $3,149 |
| 18 | Ann Pike S. Phd | $3,055 |
| 19 | Sandra Williams | $2,542 |
| 20 | Jasper Drug Company, Inc. | $2,235 |
| 21 | Kathleen J. Dunn LCSW, Inc. | $1,836 |
| 22 | Atlanta Behavioral & Mental Health Counseling, LLC | $1,092 |
| 23 | Comprehensive Health Care of North Georgia, P.C. | $1,078 |
| 24 | Pickens County Department of Public Health | $998 |
| 25 | Karl Kurth | $898 |
| 26 | Hometown Home Health, LLC | $850 |
| 27 | Regency Chiropractic Center, Inc. | $83 |
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