According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Tennessee received $2.5 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 Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority with a total of $74.7 million. The average loan size in the city was $208,012 while the state's average loan amount was $328,420.
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 | Methodist Medical Center | $10,359,607 |
| 2 | Diversicare Briarcliff, LLC | $773,957 |
| 3 | Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital & Center, Inc. | $420,381 |
| 4 | Gastrointestinal Associates, PC | $218,418 |
| 5 | MMC Anesthesia Group, PC | $183,506 |
| 6 | Eye Center of Oak Ridge, PC | $171,350 |
| 7 | East Tennessee Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists, PC | $150,161 |
| 8 | Radiology Imaging Associates of Oak Ridge, PC | $138,650 |
| 9 | Pain Consultants of East Tennessee, PLLC | $133,596 |
| 10 | Surgery Center of Oak Ridge, LLC | $121,276 |
| 11 | Elite Pain Consultants, PLLC | $104,013 |
| 12 | Knoxville Heart Group, Inc. | $97,395 |
| 13 | Oral Surgery Specialists of TN, PC | $92,467 |
| 14 | Obstetrics & Gynecologic Associates of Oak Ridge, PC | $85,252 |
| 15 | Discover Diagnostic Laboratory, LLC | $77,228 |
| 16 | The Eye Surgery Center of Oak Ridge, LLC | $75,520 |
| 17 | East Tennessee Pulmonary Associates, PC | $50,056 |
| 18 | Kids Central Pediatrics, Inc. | $41,192 |
| 19 | Phillips and Rust, PLLC, D.D.S. | $33,108 |
| 20 | Premier Dental Associates, PLLC | $32,416 |
| 21 | East Tennessee Orthodontics, PLLC | $30,901 |
| 22 | Oak Ridge Surgeons, PC | $29,126 |
| 23 | Nephrocare Tennessee, PLLC | $27,255 |
| 24 | Arches Foot Care, LLC | $25,658 |
| 25 | Vascular Diagnostic Center of Oak Ridge, Inc. | $23,223 |
| 26 | Oak Ridge Radiation Oncology, LLC | $18,161 |
| 27 | Greer Family Eyecare | $17,605 |
| 28 | Mountain Dental | $16,834 |
| 29 | Gary Wells | $15,793 |
| 30 | Division Dental, P.C. | $14,909 |
| 31 | Daniel Lenoir | $14,365 |
| 32 | Cosmetic & Restorative Dentistry of TN | $14,227 |
| 33 | David Ricche | $13,108 |
| 34 | Oak Ridge Vision Center, Inc. | $12,426 |
| 35 | David Heald | $10,046 |
| 36 | Pierce Physical Therapy | $9,514 |
| 37 | Hyperbaric Wound Specialists, PLLC | $8,373 |
| 38 | Family Doctors of Oak Ridge, PC | $8,045 |
| 39 | Oak Ridge Chiropractic | $7,216 |
| 40 | Frances L. Cross, PLLC, M.D. | $6,953 |
| 41 | Eckert Chiropractic Center | $6,032 |
| 42 | Foot Health Center, PC | $5,796 |
| 43 | Sarah Avery | $5,158 |
| 44 | Macs Pharmacy Oak Ridge, LLC | $4,132 |
| 45 | Audrea Merchant | $4,118 |
| 46 | W G Walters PC, M.D. | $2,629 |
| 47 | William MacGillivray | $2,223 |
| 48 | Hope of East Tennessee, Inc. | $2,036 |
| 49 | Shawn Foster | $1,880 |
| 50 | Nathan S. Keaton | $1,489 |
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