According to numbers reported through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in North Carolina received $2.3 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 Carolinas Medical Center with a total of $135.4 million. The average loan size in the city was $223,665 while the state's average loan amount was $245,727.
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 | Watauga Medical Center, Inc. | $8,571,067 |
| 2 | Graystone Ophthalmology Associates, P. A. | $801,983 |
| 3 | Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, LLC | $762,608 |
| 4 | High Country Community Health | $609,360 |
| 5 | Appalachian Regional Medical Associates, Inc. | $495,645 |
| 6 | Boone Dermatology Clinic | $259,480 |
| 7 | Blue Ridge Pediatric & Adolescent Medici | $110,246 |
| 8 | Speechcenter, Inc. | $92,548 |
| 9 | DRS. Mayhew and Scheffler | $81,627 |
| 10 | Blue Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat, Inc. | $72,002 |
| 11 | Western Carolina Eye Associates, PA | $67,549 |
| 12 | Watauga Medics, Inc. | $58,013 |
| 13 | Watauga Radiological Services PA | $54,571 |
| 14 | Julia Tyson, P. A., D.D.S. | $41,234 |
| 15 | Daniel J Sullivan PA, OD | $40,488 |
| 16 | J. Chance Powell, PA, D.D.S. | $38,806 |
| 17 | Larry E. Stigall, PA, D.D.S. | $30,696 |
| 18 | Robert H Bridgeman, PA, D.D.S. | $27,074 |
| 19 | Marshall C. Murrey, M.D. | $23,245 |
| 20 | High Country Neurology, PC | $22,933 |
| 21 | Primedical Healthcare PA | $21,955 |
| 22 | Watauga Anesthesia Associates PA | $20,829 |
| 23 | Blue Ridge Plastic Surgery Group, PLLC | $20,549 |
| 24 | Compassionate Care of NC, P. A. | $18,893 |
| 25 | Homa Azargoon PLLC, D.D.S. | $17,804 |
| 26 | M. J. Mayhew, P. A. | $16,446 |
| 27 | Boone Neurological Services PA | $15,710 |
| 28 | Richard M. Forbes, PA, D.M.D. | $15,068 |
| 29 | James B. Graham Ddspa | $12,306 |
| 30 | James P. Rubel | $12,001 |
| 31 | Waldrep and Waldrep, P. L. L. C., D.M.D. | $11,642 |
| 32 | Boone Podiatry Pa | $11,505 |
| 33 | Hawthorne Chiropractic Center, PA | $9,867 |
| 34 | Mountain Laurel Family Practice, PLLC | $9,085 |
| 35 | Appalachian Family Practice Pa | $7,617 |
| 36 | Pamela Hagaman | $7,232 |
| 37 | David Cline | $4,758 |
| 38 | Appalachian State University | $4,150 |
| 39 | Goldman Center for Facial Plastic Surgery, PLLC | $3,819 |
| 40 | Better Days and Nights | $3,676 |
| 41 | Batchelor Chiropractic Clinic P. A | $3,292 |
| 42 | Kyndall Boyle | $2,667 |
| 43 | Appalachian Regional Pain Center | $2,485 |
| 44 | VLD, PLLC | $2,401 |
| 45 | Boone Drug New Market, LLC | $2,100 |
| 46 | Innate Chiropractic, PLLC | $1,609 |
| 47 | Fidler Chiropractic Center | $992 |
| 48 | Ronald Hood | $751 |
| 49 | True North Counseling, PLLC | $632 |
| 50 | B3 Therapy, PLLC | $521 |
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