Pine Belt Times

Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Hattiesburg received $72.8 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 Mississippi received $1.1 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 State of Missisippi with a total of $57.6 million. The average loan size in the city was $568,713 while the state's average loan amount was $352,837.

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	Forrest County General Hospital	$43,734,105
2	Hattiesburg Clinic PA	$9,977,500
3	Walthall General Hospital	$3,697,731
4	Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, Inc.	$1,419,011
5	Hattiesburg Health & Rehab Center, LLC	$1,108,419
6	Bedford Care Center of Hattiesburg, LLC	$927,113
7	Bedford Care Center of Marion, LLC	$717,281
8	Bedford Care Center of Newton, LLC	$695,762
9	Womens Pavilion of South Mississippi, PLLC	$629,197
10	Region XII Commission on Mental Health and Retardation	$611,835
11	Bedford Care Center-Monroe Hall, LLC	$523,111
12	Southern Eye Physicians Center, LLC	$461,706
13	Bedford Care Center-Warren Hall, LLC	$433,252
14	Lamar Community Care Center, LLC	$429,551
15	Bedford Care Center of Petal, LLC	$426,522
16	Leaf River Home Health Care, LLC	$379,883
17	Community Hospice, LLC	$369,325
18	St. Joseph Hospice of Southern Mississippi, LLC	$362,470
19	Retina Specialists of Mississippi, PLLC	$342,805
20	Bedford Alzheimers Care Center, LLC	$297,000
20	Bedford Care Center of Mendenhall, LLC	$297,000
22	Southern Surgery Center, LLC	$291,720
23	Comprehensive Radiology Services, PLLC	$279,467
24	APP of Mississippi Education, LLC	$269,053
25	Hattiesburg Eye Clinic, P. A.	$228,244
26	South Mississippi Emergency Physicians PA	$195,464
27	Hattiesburg Eye Clinic Cataract & Lasik Surgery Center, LLC	$194,863
28	Southern Eye Surgery Center, LLC	$186,877
29	The Family Practice/after Hours Clinic, PLLC	$151,817
30	Hub Care Pathology, P. A.	$149,932
31	Homecare Hospice South, LLC	$147,699
32	Singleton and Myrick Incorporated	$146,813
33	Hattiesburg Gi Associates, PLLC	$139,913
34	Gulf Coast Rehab Equipment, Inc.	$125,906
35	Middleton & Belknap Pediatric Dentistry	$115,426
36	Pharmacyrxtox, LLC	$108,814
37	Arthritis Associates, PLLC	$99,779
38	Lowery a. Woodall Outpatient Surgery Facility, LLC	$94,055
39	David B Roy PA, D.O.	$92,259
40	Ochsner Mississippi, LLC	$88,608
41	Pomank Ventures, LLC	$84,913
42	Joseph Salloum LLC, M.D.	$82,340
43	Pain Treatment Center, LLC	$74,853
44	Southern Urology P.A.	$73,016
45	Pioneer Health Care, LLC	$63,392
46	Digestive Diseases Center of Hattiesburg, LLC	$62,545
47	Metro Medical Supply Company, LLC	$57,694
48	Southern Surgical Associates, P. A.	$56,619
49	Pain Consultants of South Mississippi PA	$53,994
50	USA Pathology, PLLC	$53,173