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HHS provides $8.7 million to businesses in Dodge City under CARES Act

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Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Dodge City received $8.7 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 Kansas received $1.1 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 University of Kansas Hospital Authority with a total of $68.2 million. The average loan size in the city was $248,853 while the state's average loan amount was $273,003.

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.

All PPP loan recipients
RankBusinessDollar Amount Received
1Dodge City Healthcare Group, LLC$7,279,716
2Kansas Senior Living, Inc.$288,900
3Family Practice Associates of Western Kansas, LLC$261,759
4Arrowhead West, Inc.$210,568
5Hospice of the Prairie, Inc.$164,580
6First Avenue Dental PA$81,442
7Dodge City Dental Care$66,813
8Idocs of Dodge City PA$65,480
9Medical Heights Medical Center, PA$58,753
10Phillips Chiropractic Pa$35,578
11County of Ford$27,507
12Hodgeman County Medical Services, Inc.$25,960
13High Plains Urology, LLC$21,447
14Vierthaler Kessen Optometry, LLC$21,320
15Western Plains Physician Practices, LLC$17,729
16Austin N Hrencher, PA, D.D.S.$17,304
17Dodge City Diagnostic, LLC$8,492
18Christensen Eyecare Pa$7,408
19Joy Chiropractic Pa$6,081
20Pick Chiropractic Pa$5,243
21Family Care Clinic of Western Kansas, LLC$4,939
22Karen M. Ackerman, P. A., D.P.M.$4,793
23Global Bone and Joint Clinic, LLC$3,962
24Pharmacy Associates of Dodge City, Inc.$3,429
25Kirk L. Henrichs$3,064
26Life in Motion Orthotic & Prosthetic Center, Inc.$2,794
27CRJ Counseling, LLC$2,603
28Fischer Chiropractic Pa$2,350
29Great Plains Vision, LLC$2,302
30Richard L Roenfeldt, OD$2,256
31Koehn Wellness & Chiropractic, P. A.$2,049
32Monade Counseling, LLC$1,629
33Dodge City Chiropractic, LLC$1,493
34Lois Vierthaler Kessen$109
35Barnett Consulting Services, LLC$20

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