COVID-19 Pandemic	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Risks And Uncertainties [Abstract]
COVID-19 Pandemic	7. COVID-19 Pandemic 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, as described below. Provider Relief Fund One of the primary sources of relief for healthcare providers is the Provider Relief Fund, which has been funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and related legislation. Provider Relief Fund payments are intended to compensate healthcare providers for lost revenues and health care related expenses incurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are not required to be repaid, provided that recipients attest to and comply with certain terms and conditions, including limitations on balance billing and not using funds received from the Provider Relief Fund to reimburse expenses or losses that other sources are obligated to reimburse. Commercial organizations that receive and expend annual total awards of $750,000 or more in federal funding, including payments received through the Provider Relief Fund, are subject to federal audit requirements. In November 2020, the Company received grants in an aggregate principal amount of $13.7 million from the Provider Relief Fund, and fully utilized these funds as of December 31, 2021, including $0.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, for healthcare related expenses, including retention payments, attributable to COVID-19 that were unreimbursed by other sources. We were required to properly and fully document the use of such funds in reports to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”), which we were required to submit no later than March 31, 2022. We have submitted the required reports. Payroll tax deferral The CARES Act also provided for certain federal income and other tax changes, including allowing for the deferral of the employer portion of Social Security payroll taxes through December 31, 2020. The Company received a cash benefit of approximately $7.1 million related to the deferral of employer payroll taxes for 2020 under the CARES Act, for the period April 2, 2020 through June 30, 2020. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the deferred portion of employer Social Security payroll taxes was $4.1 million, which is included within Government stimulus advances on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The payroll tax deferral requires that the remaining deferred payroll taxes be paid by December 31, 2022. ARPA Spending Plans The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), which became law on March 11, 2021, 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 provides 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, 2024. 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. Medicare sequester The CARES Act and related laws temporarily lifted the Medicare sequester which would have otherwise reduced payments to Medicare providers by 2%, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011, from May 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021 (but also extended sequestration through 2030). Congress further delayed these sequestration cuts through March 31, 2022, and reduced the sequestration adjustment to 1% from April 1 through June 30, 2022. The full 2% reduction is currently scheduled to resume July 1, 2022. These sequestration cuts have been extended through 2030, with the reductions for 2030 set to increase to 2.25% for the first six months and to 3% for the second six months. In the hospice segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the home health segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The ARPA increases the federal budget deficit in a manner that triggers an additional statutorily mandated sequestration under the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (“PAYGO Act”). As a result, an additional Medicare payment reduction of up to 4% was required to take effect in January 2022. However, Congress delayed implementation of this payment reduction until 2023. We cannot currently determine if, or to what extent, our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity will ultimately be impacted by mandated sequestration triggers under the PAYGO Act, or if or when the mandated sequestration will occur. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, COVID-19-related expenses in our personal care segment were approximately $1.7 million and $0.9 million, respectively, and are included in cost of service revenues on the Consolidated Statements of Income. Additionally, the Company recognized revenue of $1.4 million and $1.8 million attributable to temporary rate increases from certain payors in our personal care segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Although the United States has recently experienced a moderation of infection and related hospitalization rates, there continues to be a significant number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States and throughout the world. Given the longer-term uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is impossible to predict the effect and ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company as conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve.

COVID-19 Pandemic

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

7. COVID-19 Pandemic

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, as described below.

Provider Relief Fund

One of the primary sources of relief for healthcare providers is the Provider Relief Fund, which has been funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and related legislation. Provider Relief Fund payments are intended to compensate healthcare providers for lost revenues and health care related expenses incurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are not required to be repaid, provided that recipients attest to and comply with certain terms and conditions, including limitations on balance billing and not using funds received from the Provider Relief Fund to reimburse expenses or losses that other sources are obligated to reimburse. Commercial organizations that receive and expend annual total awards of $750,000 or more in federal funding, including payments received through the Provider Relief Fund, are subject to federal audit requirements.

In November 2020, the Company received grants in an aggregate principal amount of $13.7 million from the Provider Relief Fund, and fully utilized these funds as of December 31, 2021, including $0.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, for healthcare related expenses, including retention payments, attributable to COVID-19 that were unreimbursed by other sources. We were required to properly and fully document the use of such funds in reports to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”), which we were required to submit no later than March 31, 2022. We have submitted the required reports.

Payroll tax deferral

The CARES Act also provided for certain federal income and other tax changes, including allowing for the deferral of the employer portion of Social Security payroll taxes through December 31, 2020. The Company received a cash benefit of approximately $7.1 million related to the deferral of employer payroll taxes for 2020 under the CARES Act, for the period April 2, 2020 through June 30, 2020. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the deferred portion of employer Social Security payroll taxes was $4.1 million, which is included within Government stimulus advances on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The payroll tax deferral requires that the remaining deferred payroll taxes be paid by December 31, 2022.

ARPA Spending Plans

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), which became law on March 11, 2021, 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 provides 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, 2024. 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.

Medicare sequester

The CARES Act and related laws temporarily lifted the Medicare sequester which would have otherwise reduced payments to Medicare providers by 2%, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011, from May 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021 (but also extended sequestration through 2030). Congress further delayed these sequestration cuts through March 31, 2022, and reduced the sequestration adjustment to 1% from April 1 through June 30, 2022. The full 2% reduction is currently scheduled to resume July 1, 2022. These sequestration cuts have been extended through 2030, with the reductions for 2030 set to increase to 2.25% for the first six months and to 3% for the second six months.

In the hospice segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the home health segment, Medicare sequester relief resulted in an increase in net service revenues of $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The ARPA increases the federal budget deficit in a manner that triggers an additional statutorily mandated sequestration under the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (“PAYGO Act”). As a result, an additional Medicare payment reduction of up to 4% was required to take effect in January 2022. However, Congress delayed implementation of this payment reduction until 2023. We cannot currently determine if, or to what extent, our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity will ultimately be impacted by mandated sequestration triggers under the PAYGO Act, or if or when the mandated sequestration will occur.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, COVID-19-related expenses in our personal care segment were approximately $1.7 million and $0.9 million, respectively, and are included in cost of service revenues on the Consolidated Statements of Income. Additionally, the Company recognized revenue of $1.4 million and $1.8 million attributable to temporary rate increases from certain payors in our personal care segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Although the United States has recently experienced a moderation of infection and related hospitalization rates, there continues to be a significant number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States and throughout the world. Given the longer-term uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is impossible to predict the effect and ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company as conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve.