Use of Funds:If rent or mortgages were paid during the applicable period of availability but staff worked remotely, could those expenses be claimed as eligible expenses?

Health care-related operating expenses were limited to costs incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. The amount of mortgage or rent eligible for Provider Relief Fund or ARP Rural reimbursement was limited to that which was incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus or COVID-19. Providers are required to maintain documents to substantiate that these funds were used for health care-related expenses attributable to coronavirus, and that those expenses or losses were not reimbursed from other sources and other sources were not obligated to reimburse them. The burden of proof is on the provider to ensure that documentation is maintained to show that expenses are to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

(Updated 10/27/2022)