HHS to Release $15 Billion in CCP Virus Relief to Medicaid and CHIP Providers

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar takes questions from reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on May 11, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The federal government on June 9 announced the release of $15 billion in CCP virus relief funding for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers.

“HHS is using funds from Congress, secured by President Trump, to provide new targeted help for America’s safety-net providers and clinicians who treat millions of Medicaid beneficiaries,” said Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.