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U.S senators announce an additional $74M for Nevada health providers

Posted at 12:15 PM, Apr 29, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-29 16:57:47-04

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has distributed $74,478,095 to 53 health care providers across Nevada to address costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

These funds were allocated as part of the CARES Act and are in addition to the first allocation of over $241 million that went to 2,581 medical providers in Nevada, for a total of nearly $316 million as of April 24, 2020.

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Funds are continuing to go to health care providers, and those who have not submitted their information to HHS.

To submit your information to HHS, you can do so here.

Health care providers treating and testing uninsured patients for COVID-10 may also now apply for reimbursement through HHS at hrsa.gov.