FEMA Approves Over $1.54 Billion to Support Recovery in the Mid-Atlantic PHILADELPHIA — FEMA recently approved $1,541,450,296 in funding to support recovery in Washington D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. This includes $1.53 billion to reimburse for costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and $3 million for recovery work related to past natural disasters. This regional funding is part of FEMA’s announcement of $5.6 billion in federal assistance to states, Tribal Nations and territories for COVID-19 and disaster recovery. FEMA conducts a review process for all recovery grants that includes verifying compliance with program eligibility rules, ensuring proper documentation of expenses and confirming that claimed activities are consistent with program eligibility criteria to ensure taxpayer dollars are used appropriately. In alignment with President Trump’s executive order establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, FEMA conducted thorough reviews of claimed costs to identify duplication of benefits, specifically with patient care revenue. These actions help ensure that the COVID-19 Public Assistance funds being obligated are consistent with the executive order’s focus on preventing fraud, waste and abuse. Based on these reviews, FEMA is confident that the costs being reimbursed are eligible and not fraudulent. Some FEMA Public Assistance grants recently approved to DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia communities include: $262 million to the Maryland Department of Health for Alternate Care Site contracts to help reduce or eliminate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. $14.2 million to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Allegheny County for temporary staff contracts to help reduce or eliminate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. $1.1 million to the Abraham and Laura Lisner Home for Aged Women in Washington, D.C. for labor costs to help reduce or eliminate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. $1 million to the Virginia Department of Transportation to repair sections of ten state routes in Wise County, Va. as a result of damage caused by severe winter storms in February 2025. FEMA will continue to review additional projects and obligate funds on a rolling basis as eligibility is confirmed and scopes of work are finalized. ### FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during and after disasters. Follow FEMA online, on X @FEMA or @FEMAEspanol, on FEMA's Facebook page or Espanol page, on Truth Social and FEMA's YouTube account. For preparedness information, follow the Ready Campaign on X at @Ready.gov, on Instagram @Ready.gov or on the Ready Facebook page kelly.magarity Thu, 05/14/2026 - 21:09
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A list of the state averages for the HCAHPS survey responses. HCAHPS is a national, standardized survey of hospital patients about their experiences during a recent inpatient hospital stay.
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The Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) measures - national data. These measures are developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). They provide information on infections that occur while the patient is in the hospital. These infections can be related to devices, such as central lines and urinary catheters, or spread from patient to patient after contact with an infected person or surface. Many healthcare associated infections can be prevented when the hospitals use CDC-recommended infection control steps.
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Value-Based Incentive Payment Amount displays the number of hospitals that received value-based incentive payment amounts in ranges of $50,000.
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Unplanned Hospital Visits: state data. This data set includes state-level data for the hospital return days (or excess days in acute care [EDAC]) measures, the unplanned readmissions measures, and measures of unplanned hospital visits after outpatient procedures.
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