Jefferson Reporter

Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Bessemer received $2.2 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 $52,275 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	Diversicare of Bessemer, LLC	$1,031,852
2	Oaks on Parkwood, LLC	$808,299
3	Fresenius Medical Care Mccalla, LLC	$48,744
4	Apex Medical Care Services of Alabama, LLC	$38,217
5	Mccalla Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, P.C.	$31,590
6	Pediatric Smiles, LLC	$29,458
7	Surgery South, LLC	$24,982
8	United Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLC	$21,944
9	Rebecca D. Pitner	$21,593
10	Schambeau Dental Care	$17,544
11	Babi Pediatrics, PC	$17,093
12	Millennium Physical Therapy, LLC	$11,642
13	Middle Creek Medical Center	$10,828
14	Hope Psychiatry, P.C.	$8,993
15	S & S, LLC	$7,993
16	Bessemer Family Eye Care, LLC	$6,848
17	Healing Hearts II Home Health Care, LLC	$6,845
18	Utmost Health Care Center, LLC	$6,400
19	Wallace Optometry Associates	$5,945
20	Enterprise Bessemer, LLC	$5,591
21	Hueytown Medical Center, P.C.	$5,257
22	Jones Physical Therapy, LLC	$5,116
23	Fennell Medical Services, LLC	$4,971
24	Mcadory Area Fire District	$3,098
25	Concord Fire District	$2,845
26	Thomas Pendleton	$2,289
27	James C Rains JR PC, M.D.	$2,048
28	Health and More, Inc.	$1,579
29	Eastern Valley Drugs, Inc.	$1,231
30	Philip Massa	$1,122
31	Elrod Sales and Service, Inc.	$699
32	Bessemer Eye Clinic, PC	$673
33	J and H Webb, Inc.	$659
34	Aletheia House, Inc.	$440
35	Rock Creek Pharmacy, Inc.	$338
36	Deborah Nunnally	$243
37	Alabama Head and Neck Clinic	$196
38	Antonowsky Coleman	$79
39	Hometown Pharmacy Services, LLC	$77
40	Teresa Bondurant	$67
41	Hinkle Med, Inc.	$61
42	Chiropractic West, LLC	$42