NV RECEIVING $98K PER CV19 PATIENT FROM FEDS

Aug 19, 2020

Rob Lauer Political Reporter

Kaiser Health News recently reported the amount each hospital is receiving from the HHS for each CV19 patient. As of today, Nevada is reporting some 62,639 CV19 cases since March. Worldometer is reporting more than 1,100 Nevadans have died from CV19. Based on hospital reporting of beds used for CV19 patients, we assume at least 10,000 patients have been treated in local Hospitals since March. That means local hospitals, including Clark County owned UMC, are eligible for $980 million in federal dollars so far. State Coffers get a huge piece of that in Medicare reimbursements.

HHS distributed the funding based on Medicare revenue to get support to hospitals as quickly as possible. But HHS said the next round of cash “will focus on providers in areas particularly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak,” rural hospitals and other healthcare providers that receive much of their revenues from Medicaid.

Here is the breakdown of funding per COVID-19 patient each state will receive from the first $30 billion aid package. Kaiser Health News used a state breakdown provided to the House Ways and Means Committee by HHS.

Alabama
$158,000 per COVID-19 patient

Alaska
$306,000

Arizona
$23,000

Arkansas
$285,000

California
$145,000

Colorado
$58,000

Connecticut
$38,000

Delaware
$127,000

District of Columbia
$56,000

Florida
$132,000

Georgia
$73,000

Hawaii
$301,000

Idaho
$100,000

Illinois
$73,000

Indiana
$105,000

Iowa
$235,000

Kansas
$291,000

Kentucky
$297,000

Louisiana
$26,000

Maine
$260,000

Maryland
$120,000

Massachusetts
$44,000

Michigan
$44,000

Minnesota
$380,000

Mississippi
$166,000

Missouri
$175,000

Montana
$315,000

Nebraska
$379,000

Nevada
$98,000

New Hampshire
$201,000

New Jersey
$18,000

New Mexico
$171,000

New York
$12,000

North Carolina
$252,000

North Dakota
$339,000

Ohio
$180,000

Oklahoma
$291,000

Oregon
$220,000

Pennsylvania
$68,000

Rhode Island
$52,000

South Carolina
$186,000

South Dakota
$241,000

Tennessee
$166,000

Texas
$184,000

Utah
$94,000

Vermont
$87,000

Virginia
$201,000

Washington
$58,000

West Virginia
$471,000

Wisconsin
$163,000

Wyoming
$278,000