Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Bennington received $12.9 million in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.
According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Vermont received $207.1 million in health-related relief from the CARES Act issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The largest recipient of funding in the state was The University of Vermont Medical Center with a total of $30.7 million. The average loan size in the city was $315,535 while the state’s average loan amount was $182,812.
Of the money distributed, $30 billion went out automatically to health providers based on previous year medicare payments. If the money wasn’t returned within 90 days the provider is then automatically entered into the repayment terms that are issued by HHS. With the money going out automatically and the rules constantly changing, some of the businesses that received the money weren’t eligible to receive it once the final rules were sent out.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, this information represents the list of providers that received a payment from the General Distribution, High Impact Targeted Allocation, Safety Net Hospitals, Non-Medicare, Rural Targeted Allocation and/or the Skilled Nursing Facility Targeted Allocation of the Provider Relief Fund and who have attested to receiving one or more payments and agreed to the Terms and Conditions as of July 8, 2020.
| Rank | Business | Dollar Amount Received |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Inc. | $9,745,970 |
| 2 | Vermont Veterans’ Home | $1,177,538 |
| 3 | Mount Anthony Housing Corporation | $1,003,151 |
| 4 | 2 Blackberry Lane Operations, LLC | $600,999 |
| 5 | Advanced Eyecare, PC | $132,681 |
| 6 | Town of Bennington Rescue Squad, Inc. | $71,762 |
| 7 | Sheridan Healthcare of Vermont, Inc. | $31,250 |
| 8 | Salem Dentistry, PC | $21,996 |
| 9 | Bennington Dental Center, PC | $19,184 |
| 10 | United Counseling Service of Bennington County, Inc. | $14,001 |
| 11 | Union Street Dental, PLC | $13,823 |
| 12 | Clinical Neuroscience Research Associates, Inc. | $13,559 |
| 13 | Eric Seyferth | $12,016 |
| 14 | Pharmacy, Inc. | $10,056 |
| 15 | Green Mountain Pediatrics, PC | $8,319 |
| 16 | Chiro Med & Rehab | $7,433 |
| 17 | Womens View Midwifery, LLP | $6,630 |
| 18 | Angela Wingate | $6,326 |
| 19 | David Mellinger | $4,871 |
| 20 | Manindra N Ghosh, PLLC, M.D. | $4,230 |
| 21 | DR. Nancy L. Burns, PC | $3,900 |
| 22 | Progressive Physical Therapy, LLC | $3,411 |
| 23 | Richard Donela | $3,265 |
| 24 | Mary Jean Sadlak PHD, PC | $3,057 |
| 25 | Mary Mazzola | $2,389 |
| 26 | Kristen Munson | $2,066 |
| 27 | David Brown | $2,017 |
| 28 | Leslie Glazer | $1,716 |
| 29 | Marjorie Larowe | $1,626 |
| 30 | Kathleen Thunberg | $1,521 |
| 31 | Beth Halpern | $1,516 |
| 32 | Nora G. Parsons | $748 |
| 33 | Grace Wilson | $714 |
| 34 | Elizabeth Fredland | $662 |
| 35 | Shirkshire Counseling, PLC | $591 |
| 36 | Lisa Catapano Friedman | $535 |
| 37 | Amanda Burrows | $432 |
| 38 | Ruth Myers | $418 |
| 39 | Extended Care Pharmacy, LLC | $347 |
| 40 | Louis Propp | $192 |
| 41 | Asa Morin | $34 |
