Tracking disaster funding

Some of the $36 million in Medicaid funding I included for the Marianas in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, Public Law 116-20, is already making its way to healthcare providers. The CNMI Department of Finance is currently processing $11.6 million of the initial $14.3 million that we reported in last week’s e-kilili. Most of the funding is being paid to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation. St. Jude Renal Care, Marianas Health Services, the Seventh Day Adventist Clinic, Marianas Eye Institute, and Saipan Health Clinic are also being paid. The disaster funding requires no local match.