Assistance program
HRSA COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement for the Uninsured Program and the COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund
$24.2 Billion committed in FY2020–FY2026
- Agency
- Health Resources and Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 93.461
- What it does
- The COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Administration for the Uninsured Program – also known as the Uninsured Program – provides claims reimbursement to eligible health care providers for conducting COVID-19 testing for the uninsured, treating uninsured individuals with a COVID-19 diagnosis, and administering FDA-authorized or licensed COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured individuals. The COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund (CAF) provides COVID-19 vaccine administration fee claims reimbursement to eligible health care providers who provide COVID-19 vaccines to patients enrolled in health coverage that either does not cover vaccine administration fees, or does cover the administration fees but has patient cost-sharing. With the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and related rescission of program funds, no additional claims payments will be made under the Uninsured Program or Coverage Assistance Fund. Per the Terms and Conditions of each Program, all reporting and auditing requirements will continue without disruption.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Eligibility varies. With the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and related rescission of program funds, no additional claims payments will be made under the Uninsured Program or Coverage Assistance Fund. Per the Terms and Conditions of each Program, all reporting and auditing requirements will continue without disruption.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 116-127
- Public Law 116-139
- Public Law 116-136
- Public Law 117-2
- Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (P.L. 118-5)
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments