The Federal Communications Commission approved its sixth wave of COVID-19 telehealth program applications, allotting $8.36 million to healthcare providers nationwide.
The COVID-19 Telehealth Program, part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, allows hospitals and healthcare centers to apply for up to $1 million to fund the cost of telehealth devices and services.
The FCC approved five previous batches of applicants beginning April 16, and it will continue accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Here are the healthcare providers awarded funding May 13:
1. Bee Busy Wellness Center (Houston) received $182,854 to purchase video monitors and connected devices for primary and preventive medical services.
2. Behavioral Health Services North (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) received $39,181 for connected devices, monitors, and software licenses to deliver therapy, medication management, health monitoring and rehabilitation services.
3. Bethesda Community Clinic (Canton, Ga.) received $5,886 for telemedical devices to assess patient health, refill prescriptions, determine if a patient needs COVID-19 testing and provide full-service visits with physicians.
4. Chicago Family Health Center received $292,000 to implement a telehealth platform to treat patients without COVID-19 symptoms to improve patient flow, decrease cycle time and reduce cost.
5. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital received $719,098 to provide telehealth services to high-risk pediatric patients to reduce their potential exposure to COVID-19.
6. Community Healing Centers (Kalamazoo, Mich.) received $36,673 for telehealth devices to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment.
7. Community Service (Morrilton, Ark.) received $44,949 for laptops, connected devices and telehealth kiosks for remote care of its youth patient population.
8. Community Teaching Homes (Toledo, Ohio) received $20,761 to provide behavioral telehealth services to children and families highly vulnerable to COVID-19.
9. Council for Jewish Elderly (Chicago) received $6,783 to deliver telehealth services to more than 350 older adults.
10. Four County Mental Health Center (Independence, Kan.) received $16,129 for telehealth devices to provide outpatient mental health therapy, substance abuse disorder therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation.
11. Franklin County Memorial Hospital (Meadville, Miss.) received $262,934 for telemedicine carts and servers to remotely diagnose, treat and monitor patients.
12. Genesis PrimeCare (Marshall, Texas) received $990,716 to provide comprehensive primary care, pediatric care and behavioral health services through telehealth consultations and remote patient treatment for low-income and underserved patients.
13. Grace Medical Home (Orlando, Fla.) received $34,732 for connected devices and telecommunications services to broaden its telehealth services for low-income and uninsured patients.
14. Greater Elgin (Ill.) Family Care Center received $39,639 for the purchase of laptops to expand its capacity to provide virtual visits for a wide variety of medical services to limit the spread of COVID-19.
15. Helio Health (Syracuse, N.Y.) received $504,034 for telehealth equipment to provide patients with remote monitoring and treatment.
16. Heritage Clinic and Community Assistance Program for Seniors (Pasadena, Calif.) received $41,457 for telehealth devices and services to treat older adults with mental health issues who are underserved and low-income.
17. Hope House Outpatient Clinic (Albany, N.Y.) received $8,586 to purchase telehealth equipment to treat patients with substance abuse disorders.
18. Impact Family Counseling (Birmingham, Ala.) received $75,000 for connected devices to provide telehealth services to provide patients with mental health treatment.
19. Intermountain Health Care (Murray, Utah) received $772,680 for remote care equipment to reduce potential COVID-19 exposure and free up hospital and clinic spaces for COVID-19 patients.
20. Jewish Family and Children’s Services (Tucson, Ariz.) received $27,320 to provide patients with mental health telehealth services.
21. Jewish Family Service of the Desert (Palm Springs, Calif.) received $19,636 to deliver mental health telehealth services to patients.
22. Mattapan (Mass.) Community Health Center received $755,468 for telehealth equipment to provide remote medical services to patients who have chronic conditions or COVID-19.
23. OLV Human Services (Lackawanna, N.Y.) received $174,840 to purchase connected devices and telemedicine solutions for the remote treatment of COVID-19 vulnerable populations.
24. Reliance Health (Norwich, Conn.) received $18,601 to provide telehealth services to patients who have chronic mental health diagnoses and are at high risk for COVID-19.
25. River Edge Behavioral Health (Macon, Ga.) received $735,365 for telehealth services to treat patients with behavioral health conditions, including mental illnesses, substance use disorders, co-occurring behavioral health disorders and autism.
26. Salina (Kan.) Family Healthcare Center received $14,418 for equipment to provide telehealth consultations for medical, dental, behavioral health and clinical pharmacy patients.
27. Southeast Alabama Rural Health Associates (Troy, Ala.) received $732,827 to expand its telehealth services and provide patients with remote treatment and consultations.
28. Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights, Ohio) received $190,150 to purchase telehealth equipment for remote patient monitoring, video and voice consultations and inpatient care.
29. Tanner Medical Center (Carrollton, Ga.) received $879,520 to expand its telehealth services for patients needing treatment for chronic conditions, behavioral health services and other medical conditions.
30. The Transition House (St. Cloud, Fla.) received $106,625 for telehealth equipment to provide patients with remote substance abuse and mental health treatment.
31. Via Care Community Health Center (Los Angeles) received $157,123 to implement telehealth services and conduct video visits for its low-income and COVID-19 vulnerable patient population.
32. Wirt County Health Services Association (Elizabeth, W.Va.) received $274,432 to provide telehealth services, including primary care, behavioral health and dental services, to COVID-19 positive patients.
33. Yakima (Wash.) Neighborhood Health Services received $177,945 to provide telehealth services and remote consultations to its low-income patient population.