On February 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced it is making another $560 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 General Distribution payments to more than 4,100 providers across the country. In Ohio, 151 provider organization will share $9.5 million from this latest distribution, which is also known as “batch 3.”

With this announcement, nearly $11.5 billion in PRF Phase 4 payments has now been distributed to more than 78,000 providers in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and five territories. This is in addition to HRSA’s distribution of American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments totaling nearly $7.5 billion in funding to more than 44,000 providers since November 2021.

For more information, read the HHS Press Release and the state-by-state breakdown of the Phase 4, Batch 3 distribution. In addition, HHS shared the total state-by-state breakdown of all Phase 4 payments disbursed to date and state-by-state breakdown of all ARP Rural payments disbursed to date. Finally, as individual provider organizations agree to the terms and conditions of Phase 4 payments, it will be reflected on the public dataset by organization.

HHS is continuing the work of processing PRF Round 4 applications with approximately 20% of applications still pending. If you have questions about your application, contact the PRF Provider Support Line at (866) 569-3522.