Providers who received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) or American Rescue Plan (ARP) rural payments between January 1 and June 30 of 2023 have until June 30, 2024 to incur related expenses for preventing, preparing for and responding to COVID-19. Providers may also apply PRF/ARP rural dollars received during this time to lost revenues incurred from January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2023. On July 1, reporting period 7 begins related to these funds and their use for COVID-related expenses and lost revenues and remains open to complete the reporting no later than September 30, 2024 at 10:59 PM CT.
Providers report all of this information through the PRF reporting portal. Providers who have not reported on PRF for a while are encouraged to reacquaint themselves with the PRF Reporting Portal User Guide on reporting as some uses of the funds have changed since 2023. The Health Resources and Services Administration PRF website has a number of resources related to eligible expenses and lost revenue calculations and FAQs to assist providers in preparing the contents of their reports.
The PRF Provider Support Line remains available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM CT to answer reporting questions. If you have had a change in personnel responsible reporting since your last submission or your account has been deactivated for some reason, now would be a good time to initiate updates to this information. See Section 2.1 of the PRF reporting portal user’s guide for more information if these situations apply. HRSA reports that the portal will be down from 8:00 PM CT on June 28 until 8:00 AM CT on July 1 for maintenance. As always, we recommend starting early on these reports as they often take longer than you think to complete.
