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 $266,412 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 | Hospital Authority of Liberty County | $5,839,292 |
| 2 | Darsey, Black & Associates, LLC | $188,198 |
| 3 | Diversity Health Center, Inc. | $134,713 |
| 4 | Low Country Eye Associates, PC | $79,644 |
| 5 | Horizon Behavioral Health, P.C. | $76,538 |
| 6 | Cardiovascular Associates of Eastern Georgia | $69,241 |
| 7 | Prime Care Medical Services, LLC | $60,400 |
| 8 | Malinda Graham and Associates, Inc. | $43,719 |
| 9 | Liberty Regional Foundation, Inc. | $42,196 |
| 10 | Robert Simmons JR PC, D.D.S. | $41,898 |
| 11 | Oglethorpe Family Dental, LLC | $22,035 |
| 12 | Most Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, PC | $15,796 |
| 13 | Best Care, Inc. | $12,666 |
| 14 | Joseph Pittman PC, OD | $6,686 |
| 15 | Rucker Holding's, Inc. | $4,789 |
| 16 | All Ways Feet of Georgia, PC | $4,669 |
| 17 | Premier Counseling Services | $4,402 |
| 18 | Bryan Medical Associates, Inc. | $4,397 |
| 19 | Donovan Rehab | $3,970 |
| 20 | Robert G. Carter | $2,100 |
| 21 | Duncan Regan | $1,370 |
| 22 | Coastal Pharmacy, Inc. | $493 |
| 23 | Her Wellness Center., LLC | $469 |
| 24 | Liberty County Clinic of Chiropractic | $347 |
| 25 | Liberty County Board of Health | $260 |
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