HHS provides $1.2 million to businesses in River Forest under CARES Act

HHS provides .2 million to businesses in River Forest under CARES Act
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Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in River Forest received $1.2 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 Illinois received $5.2 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 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation with a total of $316 million. The average loan size in the city was $41,642 while the state’s average loan amount was $335,543.

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.

All PPP loan recipients
Rank Business Dollar Amount Received
1 Cameo Dental Specialists, LLP $270,666
2 L Medicine Physician Group, LLC $221,709
3 Kirk Eye Center School $117,402
4 Lynch Dental Center Partnership, LLP $115,541
5 West Suburban Eye Associates, LLC $88,343
6 Romano Orthopaedics, LLC $75,370
7 River Forest Surgery Center, LLC $72,303
8 Novick Orthodontics, PC $25,812
9 Patrick J Angelo JR MS, D.D.S. $22,164
10 River Forest Dental Studio $20,120
11 Jill C. Mcmahon, PC, D.M.D. $19,958
12 Constantine L. Politis, PC, D.D.S. $16,537
13 Asad A. Bakir Mdsc $16,422
14 Global Facial Aesthetics, PC $13,130
15 Village of River Forest $12,810
16 Ross a Fraser PC, D.D.S. $12,308
17 Linda S. Lambert $11,286
18 Christopher D. Frame, LLC $8,910
19 Fred Tomera $7,995
20 Terrie L Weir Medical, PC $3,109
21 King Chiropractic Specialists, Inc. $2,696
22 Dacia Medical Professional Corporation $2,587
23 Teresa Mckenzie LLC, M.D. $2,542
24 Merit Center for Sleep Health of Oak Park, LLC $2,311
25 Gwendolyn A. Noble $2,169
26 Michael J Heatwole Chiropractic, Inc. $1,356
27 James Patras $245
28 Carlissa Hughes $170


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