Fiscal Year 2020 CARES Act Information

•CARES Act Funding: Congress appropriated no less than $100 million in supplemental funds to offset the costs associated with COVID-19 survey activities.This memorandum provides guidance to State Survey Agencies and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) personnel in requesting, executing and reporting the supplemental funding. •Medicare Budget, Execution and Reporting: Per DHHS guidance, COVID-19 funding and expenditures must be tracked, executed and reported separately. CMSintends to implement these functions in a manner similar to existing IMPACT Acthospice funding. Cost sharing will continue according to existing State practice. •Medicaid Budget, Execution and Reporting: COVID-19 expenditures will betracked and reported separately; however, funding will continue to be provided viatraditional means in accordance with Medicaid rules. Cost sharing will continue according to existing State practice.