You will then need to complete the following steps: On the webpage, locate "Find an agency," and select " Health and Human Services (HHS) Program Support Center HQ." Verify that the description is " PSC HQ Payment" and form number is "HHSHQ," then click continue. To return accrued interest, visit pay.gov. HHS reserves the right to audit Provider Relief Fund recipients in the future to ensure that payments that were held in an interest-bearing account were subsequently returned with accrued interest. However, if the funds were not held in an interest-bearing account, there is no obligation for the provider to return any additional amount other than the Provider Relief fund payment being returned to HHS. Yes, for Provider Relief Fund payments that were held in an interest-bearing account, the provider must return the accrued interest associated with the amount being returned to HHS. HHS is authorized to recover any Provider Relief Fund payment amounts that were made in error, exceed lost revenue or expenses due to coronavirus, or do not otherwise meet applicable legal and program requirements.
The Provider Relief Fund Terms and Conditions and applicable laws authorize HHS to audit Provider Relief Fund recipients now or in the future to ensure that program requirements are/were met. Instructions for returning any unused funds. To return any unused funds, use the Return Unused PRF Funds Portal.
Providers that have Provider Relief Fund payments that they cannot expend on allowable expenses or lost revenues attributable to coronavirus by the Period of Availability that corresponds to the Payment Received Period are required to return such funds to the federal government.