Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Tahlequah received $23.7 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 Oklahoma received $1.2 billion 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 Ou Medicine, Inc. with a total of $74.1 million. The average loan size in the city was $623,997 while the state’s average loan amount was $249,963.
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 | Northeastern Health System | $13,501,531 |
| 2 | Cherokee Nation | $8,426,006 |
| 3 | Cherokee County Nursing Center, Inc. | $878,961 |
| 4 | Cherokee Nation Home Health Services, Inc. | $237,493 |
| 5 | Tahlequah Medical Group, LLC | $80,932 |
| 6 | Northeast Oklahoma Cancer Center, LLC | $80,654 |
| 7 | Shamrock, Inc. | $76,628 |
| 8 | Tahlequah Orthopedic Surgery Services, LLC | $61,946 |
| 9 | Carter Healthcare Hospice of East Oklahoma, LLC | $47,089 |
| 10 | Go Ye Village, Inc. | $46,428 |
| 11 | Matthew E. Walker, PC, Inc., D.D.S. | $33,693 |
| 12 | Brant Rouse PLC, D.D.S. | $30,191 |
| 13 | Eastside Clinic | $25,973 |
| 14 | Robert P. Webb, III, Inc., D.D.S. | $19,580 |
| 15 | Tahlequah Drug Company, LLC | $19,216 |
| 16 | Kate Miller, LLC | $17,057 |
| 17 | Wyatt Williams Inc., O.D. | $16,693 |
| 18 | Grace Medical Equipment, LLC | $10,791 |
| 19 | Mcdaniels, PLLC | $10,041 |
| 20 | Raji Gill | $9,935 |
| 21 | Donna L Schneider Inc., D.O. | $9,515 |
| 22 | Cherokee Hills Family Medicine, PC | $8,995 |
| 23 | Northeastern State University College of Optometry | $8,905 |
| 24 | Tahlequah Family Medicine Clinic | $8,653 |
| 25 | Brayderik Consulting | $7,801 |
| 26 | Hatfield Family Eye Care, PLLC | $7,736 |
| 27 | Barrett Spinal Care, P C | $7,247 |
| 28 | Tory L Dotson PLLC, OD | $6,461 |
| 29 | Abels Chiropractic Centre | $4,406 |
| 30 | James Mahaney | $4,207 |
| 31 | Sonya Cornwell L.D. Ph. Clinical Psychologist | $3,489 |
| 32 | Leonard Wilkins | $1,353 |
| 33 | Cherokee Hills Drug Company, LLC | $885 |
| 34 | TMC Pharmacy, Inc. | $569 |
| 35 | James G Mahaney, OD | $359 |
| 36 | Lavon Lewis | $240 |
| 37 | Robert V. Hensley, P. C., D.O. | $208 |
| 38 | Carolyn Cox | $27 |
