Myrtle Beach Leader

Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Pawleys Island received $942,780 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 South Carolina 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 Prisma Health-Upstate with a total of $131 million. The average loan size in the city was $37,711 while the state's average loan amount was $258,718.

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	Waccamaw Dermatology, LLC	$322,131
2	Litchfield Retirement, LLC	$255,879
3	Low Country Physical Therapy	$78,502
4	Georgetown Internists and Pediatricians, Inc.	$70,879
5	Professional Rehabilitation Services, Inc.	$32,005
6	Winyah Surgical Specialists Pa	$31,025
7	Coastal Urgent Care & Family Medicine	$25,099
8	Coastal Endodontics, LLC	$22,835
9	Coastal Wellness Center, LLC	$20,317
10	Rinehart Dentistry of Pawleys	$16,780
11	Island Womens Care, LLC	$16,072
12	Georgetown Podiatry Group, PC	$12,529
13	Coastal Ear Nose & Throat, PC	$9,748
14	South Strand Urgent Care, LLC	$7,916
15	Crystal Franklin	$4,412
16	Seaton Chiropractic Clinic	$4,113
17	Lowcountry Vision Care, LLC	$3,370
18	Align Speech Therapy and Consulting, LLC	$2,204
19	Richard Lacey	$1,366
20	Michele J. Diamond	$1,299
21	Pawleys Island Pharmacy, LLC	$1,264
22	Black River Counseling, LLP	$1,078
23	Martha White	$973
24	Nancy Rubillo	$940
25	Coastal Hearing Center, Inc.	$44