Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Risks And Uncertainties [Abstract]
Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact	6. Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19’s Impact The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has faded, but the future course of COVID-19 remains uncertain. We will continue to closely monitor the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including the impacts to our employees, patients and suppliers. In recognition of the significant threat to the liquidity of financial markets posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve and Congress took dramatic actions to provide liquidity to businesses and the banking system in the United States, including relief for healthcare providers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act (“CARES Act”), which was expanded by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement (“PPPHCE”) Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”), as well as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”). ARPA Spending Plans The ARPA provides for $350 billion in relief funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Additionally, the law provided for a 10 percentage point increase in federal matching funds for Medicaid home and community-based services (“HCBS”) from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, provided the state satisfied certain conditions. States are permitted to use the state funds equivalent to the additional federal funds through March 31, 2025. States must use the monies attributable to this matching fund increase to supplement, not supplant, their level of state spending for the implementation of activities enhanced under the Medicaid HCBS in effect as of April 1, 2021. HCBS spending plans for the additional matching funds vary by state, but common initiatives in which the Company is participating include those aimed at strengthening the provider workforce (e.g., efforts to recruit, retain, and train direct service providers). The Company is required to properly and fully document the use of such funds in reports to the state in which the funds originated. Funds may be subject to recoupment if not expended or if they are expended on non-approved uses. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company received additional state funding provided by the ARPA in an aggregate amount of $10.2 million. The Company did not record revenue and related costs of service revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2024, because revenue recognition criteria were not met. Instead, the Company deferred recognition of the entire $10.2 million, which was received from states with specific spending plans and reporting requirements. Of the total state funding received by the Company pursuant to the ARPA through March 31, 2024, the Company utilized $2.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily for caregivers and adding support to recruiting and retention efforts, included as a reduction of cost of service revenues in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. As of March 31, 2024, the deferred portion of ARPA funding of $13.5 million is included within Government stimulus advances on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Medicare Sequester The CARES Act and related legislation also include other provisions offering financial relief, including, for example, temporarily suspending the Medicare sequester, which would have otherwise reduced payments to Medicare providers by 2% as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The sequestration adjustment resumed with a 1% reduction beginning April 1, 2022, and a 2% reduction beginning July 1, 2022. These sequestration cuts have been extended through April 2032. The ARPA increased the federal budget deficit in a manner that triggers an additional statutorily mandated sequestration under the PAYGO Act. As a result, an additional Medicare payment reduction of up to 4% was required to take effect in January 2022. However, Congress has delayed implementation of this payment reduction until 2025.

Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact

6. Government Actions to Mitigate COVID-19’s Impact

The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has faded, but the future course of COVID-19 remains uncertain. We will continue to closely monitor the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of our business, including the impacts to our employees, patients and suppliers.

In recognition of the significant threat to the liquidity of financial markets posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve and Congress took dramatic actions to provide liquidity to businesses and the banking system in the United States, including relief for healthcare providers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability Act (“CARES Act”), which was expanded by the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement (“PPPHCE”) Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”), as well as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”).

ARPA Spending Plans

The ARPA provides for $350 billion in relief funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Additionally, the law provided for a 10 percentage point increase in federal matching funds for Medicaid home and community-based services (“HCBS”) from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, provided the state satisfied certain conditions. States are permitted to use the state funds equivalent to the additional federal funds through March 31, 2025. States must use the monies attributable to this matching fund increase to supplement, not supplant, their level of state spending for the implementation of activities enhanced under the Medicaid HCBS in effect as of April 1, 2021.

HCBS spending plans for the additional matching funds vary by state, but common initiatives in which the Company is participating

include those aimed at strengthening the provider workforce (e.g., efforts to recruit, retain, and train direct service providers). The Company is required to properly and fully document the use of such funds in reports to the state in which the funds originated. Funds may be subject to recoupment if not expended or if they are expended on non-approved uses.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company received additional state funding provided by the ARPA in an aggregate

amount of $10.2 million. The Company did not record revenue and related costs of service revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2024, because revenue recognition criteria were not met. Instead, the Company deferred recognition of the entire $10.2 million, which was received from states with specific spending plans and reporting requirements. Of the total state funding received by the Company pursuant to the ARPA through March 31, 2024, the Company utilized $2.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily for caregivers and adding support to recruiting and retention efforts, included as a reduction of cost of service revenues in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. As of March 31, 2024, the deferred portion of ARPA funding of $13.5 million is included within Government stimulus advances on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Medicare Sequester

The CARES Act and related legislation also include other provisions offering financial relief, including, for example, temporarily suspending the Medicare sequester, which would have otherwise reduced payments to Medicare providers by 2% as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The sequestration adjustment resumed with a 1% reduction beginning April 1, 2022, and a 2% reduction beginning July 1, 2022. These sequestration cuts have been extended through April 2032.

The ARPA increased the federal budget deficit in a manner that triggers an additional statutorily mandated sequestration under the PAYGO Act. As a result, an additional Medicare payment reduction of up to 4% was required to take effect in January 2022. However, Congress has delayed implementation of this payment reduction until 2025.