The money reimburses the hospital for expenses related to COVID-19 testing, supplies, and medications for treating COVID-19 positive patients admitted to the hospital. The funding is provided at a 100 percent federal cost share, the lawmakers said.
The funding follows Schumer’s recent announcement that Auburn Community Hospital would receive over $3.4 million in “long overdue” federal funding from the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) pandemic Provider Relief Fund for rural hospitals.
The senators said that the ARP funding — in tandem with the funding Schumer just secured — will give Auburn the “resources it needs” to combat the recent spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Auburn and cover rising costs.
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“Upstate New York and its hospitals, especially in our rural areas, were among the hardest hit in the nation, and with this funding, Auburn and its incredible workforce will receive the dollars they need, and so very much deserve, to keep saving lives,” Schumer said.
