Shore Medical Center Receives $9.2M After Fighting For Funds

SOMERS POINT, NJ — Shore Medical Center received nothing in the first round of federal funding for hospitals facing financial difficulties associated with the coronavirus. But the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) included Shore in its second round, giving the hospital $9.2 million.

Cape Regional Medical Center also received $6.9 million in the new round of funding, totaling $10 billion for hospitals around the nation.

Shore and Cape Regional both missed out on federal funds last spring since neither had treated 100 coronavirus patients by the April 10 deadline. Several politicians stepped in to help them secure federal funds. Read more: Politicians Aid Shore Medical's Fight For Federal Funding

The HHS announced July 17 the distribution for a new round of funding, which included "high-impact COVID-19 areas" based on data from Jan. 1 to June 10.

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“Too often South Jersey is overlooked, and I am pleased to announce that our local hospitals did not fall through the cracks of bureaucracy,” said Congressman Van Drew. “Our local hospitals are the frontline of the fight against coronavirus and I am proud to have worked with Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan and the administration to ensure our South Jersey hospitals have more of the resources they need. I promised them that.”

The HHS distributed funds in July based on a formal for hospitals with more than 161 coronavirus submissions — one per day from Jan. 1 to June 10 — or that experienced a disproportionate intensity of COVID-19 admissions, exceeding the average ratio of admissions to beds.

Hospitals will get paid $50,000 per eligible admission, the HHS said.

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