Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Gadsden received $9.4 million 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 Alabama received $1.3 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 The Children’s Hospital of Alabama with a total of $69.5 million. The average loan size in the city was $76,020 while the state’s average loan amount was $242,614.
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 | Quality of Life Health Services, Inc. | $1,612,759 |
| 2 | Mcguffey Healthcare, L.L.C | $1,192,258 |
| 3 | U S Health Care, LLC | $1,019,866 |
| 4 | Southeast Clinical Laboratories, LLC | $439,095 |
| 5 | Anesthesia Associates P. A. | $392,923 |
| 6 | The Bridge, Inc. | $334,742 |
| 7 | Gadsden Regional Physician Group Practice, LLC | $308,651 |
| 8 | Sterling Company, Inc. | $299,515 |
| 9 | Northeast Orthopedic Clinic, PC | $251,593 |
| 10 | Southeastern Psychiatric Management, Inc. | $213,445 |
| 11 | Prohealth Hospice-Gadsden, LLC | $179,557 |
| 12 | Gadsden Eye Associates, P C | $178,410 |
| 13 | Advantage Emergency Medical Services, LLC | $148,992 |
| 14 | Southern Cardiovascular Associates, PC | $140,567 |
| 15 | Etowah Gastroenterology Associates, PC | $130,871 |
| 16 | Northeast Alabama Eye Surgery Center | $124,151 |
| 17 | North Alabama Cardiology Center | $115,232 |
| 18 | Fresenius Kidney Care Gadsden ACQ, LLC | $105,550 |
| 19 | Gadsden Surgery Center LP | $102,696 |
| 20 | Oral Surgery Associates, PC | $95,145 |
| 21 | Gadsden Pediatric Clinic PA | $85,262 |
| 22 | Gadsden Home Care Services, LLC | $83,090 |
| 23 | Greater Etowah Mental Retardation 310 Board | $73,216 |
| 24 | Doctors Care Physicians, PC | $70,564 |
| 25 | Vuepoint Diagnostics, LLC | $69,674 |
| 26 | Fuller Medical Solutions, LLC | $57,017 |
| 27 | North East Alabama Center for Infectious Disease& Internal Medicine | $50,085 |
| 28 | MCT, Inc. | $48,326 |
| 29 | Alabama Emergency Physicians, LLC | $47,376 |
| 30 | Rehab Partners, P.C. | $46,946 |
| 31 | Prime Healthcare Services Gadsden Physician Management, LLC | $45,767 |
| 32 | Digestive Disease Specialists of N. E. Alabama, P.C. | $44,293 |
| 33 | Absolute Respiratory Care, LLC | $42,335 |
| 34 | Legacy Dental, P.C. | $42,091 |
| 35 | Hemant K Sinha, PC | $40,136 |
| 36 | Family Dentistry Associates PA | $39,816 |
| 37 | Advanced Imaging of Gadsden, LLC | $38,322 |
| 38 | Comfort Care Home Health of Northeast Alabama, LLC | $37,049 |
| 39 | Northeast Alabama Pediatrics, P.C. | $35,440 |
| 40 | Akins Medical Clinic | $35,100 |
| 41 | Shah Clinic of Neal, LLC | $33,381 |
| 42 | Etowah Foot Specialists, Inc. | $31,426 |
| 43 | Associates in Dermatology, P.C. | $31,317 |
| 44 | Northeast Alabama Nephrology, L.L.C. | $30,943 |
| 45 | Advanced Cardio Vascular Associates | $27,976 |
| 46 | Dowling & Caldwell PC, M.D. | $26,675 |
| 47 | Gordon R Isbell, III, PA, D.M.D. | $26,493 |
| 48 | Integrated Medical Clinic, LLC | $24,914 |
| 49 | Guy Rosenstiel PC, D.M.D. | $24,630 |
| 50 | Kenneth Clay Ellis, JR., D.M.D. | $23,929 |
