The State of Illinois is set to administer additional HFS funding to Nursing homes for July, August, and September 2021. the payment will be approximately $25 million per month. Illinois SNF providers may expect to receive the first and second payment in August. The calculation of the payment will be based on CMS’s Q4 2020 (7/1/2020 – 9/30/2020) PBJ submissions.
The percentages of payments that have to be allocated to staff is as follows
July – 50%
August – 62.5%
September – 75%
The remaining funds will need to be used to support said staff i.e. infection control costs, PPE Costs, etc. July and August payments will be received automatically by all providers. As for September the lowest staffed 1/3 of providers in Illinois will need to provide documentation proving that the funds were properly utilized in July and August to be eligible for September payment. The upper 2/3s of providers will receive September automatically. As with previous distributions from HFS, providers will be required to report on the use of funds. Failure to provide their report will result in owing the funds back to the State.