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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

HHS provides $1.3 million to businesses in Albert Lea under CARES Act

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Through the fourth quarter of 2020, businesses in Albert Lea received $1.3 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 Minnesota received $1.9 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 Allina Health System with a total of $152.2 million. The average loan size in the city was $72,323 while the state's average loan amount was $352,102.

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
RankBusinessDollar Amount Received
1St. Johns Lutheran Home$1,028,699
2Advanced Family Dental Pa$66,846
3Vu Dental Services, LLC$39,160
4Independent School District 241 Freeborn County$36,124
5Embrace Home Care, LLC$28,573
6Epiphany Dermatology of Minnesota, LLC$23,648
7Hataye-Softing Optometrists, Ltd.$22,347
8John M Enger Professional Association$20,614
9Eaton Sport and Spine Clinic, LLC$6,850
10Tubbs Chiropractic P.A.$4,861
11County of Freeborn$4,440
12Hearing Associates, PC$3,921
13Albert Lea Chiropractic, PLC$3,585
14Christopher Shoff$3,435
15Joseph Nelson$3,111
16John Peterson$2,722
17New Richland Drug, PC$2,667
18Touchworks Chiropractic, P. A.$217

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