According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Tennessee received $2.5 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 Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority with a total of $74.7 million. The average loan size in the city was $872,274 while the state's average loan amount was $328,420.
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 | Mountain States Health Alliance | $39,929,293 |
| 2 | Wellmont Health System | $34,346,831 |
| 3 | Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, Inc. | $8,845,007 |
| 4 | Takoma Regional Hospital, Inc. | $6,648,018 |
| 5 | Laughlin Memorial Hospital, Inc. | $6,005,299 |
| 6 | Smyth County Community Hospital | $5,618,944 |
| 7 | Norton Community Hospital, Inc. | $5,408,217 |
| 8 | Blue Ridge Medical Management Corporation | $4,573,668 |
| 9 | Dickenson Community Hospital, Inc. | $3,489,146 |
| 10 | Johnston Memorial Hospital, Inc. | $3,142,008 |
| 11 | Wellmont Medical Associates, Inc. | $2,976,493 |
| 12 | State of Franklin Healthcare Associates, PLLC | $1,572,234 |
| 13 | Wellmont Wexford House | $1,044,351 |
| 14 | NHC Healthcare-Johnson City, LLC | $1,026,725 |
| 15 | Wellmont Cardiology Services | $983,870 |
| 16 | Lakebridge, a Waters Community, LLC | $669,197 |
| 17 | Christian Home for the Aged, Inc. | $641,937 |
| 18 | Agape Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC | $542,099 |
| 19 | The Waters of Johnson City, LLC | $540,212 |
| 20 | Anesthesia and Pain Consultants, PC | $469,695 |
| 21 | Gastrointestinal Associates of Northeast Tennessee, PC | $395,819 |
| 22 | LP Johnson City, LLC | $395,037 |
| 23 | Watauga Orthopaedics, PLC | $386,369 |
| 24 | East Tennessee State University | $355,974 |
| 25 | Medical Care, PLLC | $335,977 |
| 26 | Abingdon Physician Partners | $291,474 |
| 27 | Mountain Empire Radiology PC, Inc. | $288,661 |
| 28 | Comprehensive Community Services, Inc. | $284,397 |
| 29 | Tri-State Mountain Neurology Associates, P.C. | $222,857 |
| 30 | Tri-Cities Skin & Cancer | $207,952 |
| 31 | Nolichuckey Management Services, Inc. | $186,461 |
| 32 | Tri-Cities Regional Emergency Physicians, PC | $182,914 |
| 33 | Karing Hearts Cardiology, PLLC | $180,537 |
| 34 | Washington County Johnson City Emergency Medical Services | $174,787 |
| 35 | Watauga Pathology Associates, PC | $170,524 |
| 36 | Johnson City Eye Surgery Center | $145,033 |
| 37 | Associated Pain Specialists, PC | $141,218 |
| 38 | Johnson City Urological Clinic, P.C. | $137,240 |
| 39 | Ear Nose and Throat Associates, PC | $120,316 |
| 40 | Legacy Vein Center, PLLC | $111,054 |
| 41 | Ashland Development Incorporated | $108,463 |
| 42 | Statcare Outpatient, LLC | $100,978 |
| 43 | DR. J. W. Sturgill & Associates, PLLC | $80,443 |
| 44 | Tapestry Telehealth, PLLC | $70,412 |
| 45 | East Tennessee Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC | $70,171 |
| 46 | Endoscopy Center of Northeast Tennessee, PC | $68,717 |
| 47 | Quality of Life Healthcare | $67,722 |
| 48 | R&J Drug Company | $60,958 |
| 49 | PMA Surgery Center, LLC | $60,329 |
| 50 | East Tennessee Medical Associates, P.C. | $60,236 |
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