Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
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Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact	6. Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak a global pandemic. Although the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has faded, the World Health organization has ended its public health emergency declaration, and vaccines and booster shots for the COVID-19 virus have become widely available in the United States, COVID-19 has continued to result in a significant number of hospitalizations, and the future course of the pandemic remains uncertain. However, compared to earlier periods, the number of COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations has significantly declined. We will continue to closely monitor the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including the impacts to our employees, patients and suppliers. In recognition of the significant threat to the liquidity of financial markets posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve and Congress took dramatic actions to provide liquidity to businesses and the banking system in the United States. One of the primary sources of relief for healthcare providers is the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which was expanded by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement (“PPPHCE”) Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”). Another relief package with numerous provisions that affect healthcare providers is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”). ARPA Spending Plans The ARPA provides for $350 billion in relief funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Additionally, the law provides for a 10-percentage point increase in federal matching funds for Medicaid home and community-based services (“HCBS”) from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, provided the state satisfied certain conditions. States are permitted to use the state funds equivalent to the additional federal funds through March 31, 2025. States must use the monies attributable to this matching fund increase to supplement, not supplant, their level of state spending for the implementation of activities enhanced under the Medicaid HCBS in effect as of April 1, 2021. HCBS spending plans for the additional matching funds vary by state, but common initiatives in which the Company is participating include those aimed at strengthening the provider workforce (e.g., efforts to recruit, retain, and train direct service providers). The Company is required to properly and fully document the use of such funds in reports to the state in which the funds originated. Funds may be subject to recoupment if not expended or if they are expended on non-approved uses. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company received additional state funding provided by the ARPA in an aggregate amount of $1.9 million. The Company recorded revenue of $0.2 million for certain states that met the revenue recognition criteria. The Company deferred the remaining $1.7 million, which was received from states with specific spending plans and reporting requirements. The Company utilized $2.4 million and 4.8 million of these funds during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily for caregivers and adding support to recruiting and retention efforts, included as a reduction of cost of service revenues in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. As of June 30, 2023, the deferred portion of ARPA funding of $10.0 million is included within Government stimulus advances on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Medicare sequester The CARES Act and related laws temporarily lifted the Medicare sequester which would have otherwise reduced payments to Medicare providers by 2%, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011, from May 1, 2020, through March 31, 2022. The sequestration payment adjustment was phased back in with a 1% reduction beginning April 1, 2022, and returned to 2% on July 1, 2022. These sequestration cuts have been extended through the first six months of 2032. The ARPA increases the federal budget deficit in a manner that triggers an additional statutorily mandated sequestration under the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (“PAYGO Act”). As a result, an additional Medicare payment reduction of up to 4% was required to take effect in January 2022. However, Congress delayed implementation of this payment reduction until 2025. In the hospice segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.0 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively and $0.0 million and $1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 respectively. In the home health segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.0 million and $0.1 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 respectively and $0.0 million and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact

6. Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak a global pandemic. Although the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has faded, the World Health organization has ended its public health emergency declaration, and vaccines and booster shots for the COVID-19 virus have become widely available in the United States, COVID-19 has continued to result in a significant number of hospitalizations, and the future course of the pandemic remains uncertain. However, compared to earlier periods, the number of COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations has significantly declined. We will continue to closely monitor the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including the impacts to our employees, patients and suppliers.

In recognition of the significant threat to the liquidity of financial markets posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve and Congress took dramatic actions to provide liquidity to businesses and the banking system in the United States. One of the primary sources of relief for healthcare providers is the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which was expanded by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement (“PPPHCE”) Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”). Another relief package with numerous provisions that affect healthcare providers is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”).

ARPA Spending Plans

The ARPA provides for $350 billion in relief funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Additionally, the law provides for a 10-percentage point increase in federal matching funds for Medicaid home and community-based services (“HCBS”) from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, provided the state satisfied certain conditions. States are permitted to use the state funds equivalent to the additional federal funds through March 31, 2025. States must use the monies attributable to this matching fund increase to supplement, not supplant, their level of state spending for the implementation of activities enhanced under the Medicaid HCBS in effect as of April 1, 2021.

HCBS spending plans for the additional matching funds vary by state, but common initiatives in which the Company is participating include those aimed at strengthening the provider workforce (e.g., efforts to recruit, retain, and train direct service providers). The Company is required to properly and fully document the use of such funds in reports to the state in which the funds originated. Funds may be subject to recoupment if not expended or if they are expended on non-approved uses. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company received additional state funding provided by the ARPA in an aggregate amount of $1.9 million. The Company recorded revenue of $0.2 million for certain states that met the revenue recognition criteria. The Company deferred the remaining $1.7 million, which was received from states with specific spending plans and reporting requirements. The Company utilized $2.4 million and 4.8 million of these funds during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, primarily for caregivers and adding support to recruiting and retention efforts, included as a reduction of cost of service revenues in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. As of June 30, 2023, the deferred portion of ARPA funding of $10.0 million is included within Government stimulus advances on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Medicare sequester

The CARES Act and related laws temporarily lifted the Medicare sequester which would have otherwise reduced payments to Medicare providers by 2%, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011, from May 1, 2020, through March 31, 2022. The sequestration payment adjustment was phased back in with a 1% reduction beginning April 1, 2022, and returned to 2% on July 1, 2022. These sequestration cuts have been extended through the first six months of 2032.

The ARPA increases the federal budget deficit in a manner that triggers an additional statutorily mandated sequestration under the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (“PAYGO Act”). As a result, an additional Medicare payment reduction of up to 4% was required to take effect in January 2022. However, Congress delayed implementation of this payment reduction until 2025.

In the hospice segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.0 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively and $0.0 million and $1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 respectively. In the home health segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.0 million and $0.1 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 respectively and $0.0 million and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.