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HHS provides $429,268 to businesses in Whiting under CARES Act

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Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Whiting received $429,268 in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Indiana received $1.9 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 Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Inc. with a total of $58.5 million. The average loan size in the city was $22,593 while the state's average loan amount was $352,160.

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.

All PPP loan recipients
RankBusinessDollar Amount Received
1Chicagoland Infectious Disease, PC$117,790
2Dermatology Associates of Northwest Indiana, PC$92,454
3Rite Care Pharmacy, Inc.$54,436
4Whiting Medical Center S C$48,708
5Foot and Ankle Pain Clinic Corporation$23,723
6Jayesh Madhani$23,621
7Benchik Medical Health Center, PC$16,501
8Chang W Rhim Inc., D.D.S.$10,782
9Genesis Rehab Services, LLC$9,196
10Efren Gomez an Indiana Professional Corporation, OD$7,441
11Opensky Podiatry, Inc.$6,926
12Occu-Med, PC$5,069
13Susan Foundos-Biegel PC, D.D.S.$4,275
14City of Whiting$3,769
15Levin Eye Care Center, P.C.$2,791
16Hammond Community Ambulatory Care Center, LLC$774
17Vishar Medical Center School$739
18Bharati Patel$161
19Davison McNeal Sc$112

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