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Florida Delegation Urges Equitable Distribution of CARES Act Hospital Funding

Florida Daily / April 20, 2020

Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. and U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Fla., rounded up the Florida delegation and U.S. Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, R-PR, sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Sec. Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, urging them to equitably disburse the next tranche of Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSE) monies to Florida hospitals.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act appropriated $100 billion for the PHSSE, of which $30 billion has been distributed to providers based on the Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) payments.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., signed the letter. So did U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Kathy Castor, D-Fla., Charlie Crist, D-Fla., Val Demings, D-Fla., Ted Deutch, D-Fla., Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., Neal Dunn, R-Fla., Lois Frankel, D-Fla., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Al Lawson, D-Fla.,

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Bill Posey, R-Fla., John Rutherford, R-Fla., Darren Soto, D-Fla., Ross Spano, R-Fla., Michael Waltz, R-Fla., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Dan Webster, R-Fla. and Frederica Wilson, D-Fla.