Archive for the ‘Provider Loan Repayment’ Category

Some Help With Rural Health Care Workforce Problems

Most of you are probably aware that there is a growing shortage of health care providers, especially in rural areas.  This includes physicians, nurses, physical therapists…  You name it, there’s not enough of them.  These programs and resources can help you and your community address the problem.   The National Health Service Corps received additional funds [...]

June 23, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Is there a Doctor in the House? Nurse? Dentist?

It’s probably no surprise that the shortage of nurses, physicians and other health care providers is more acute in rural areas.  The question is, what can you do about it?  There are resources out there to help you recruit and retain providers.   Education loan assistance (or repayment) programs are a proven recruitment/retention tool for [...]

March 17, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Provider Recruitment and Retention

How do you recruit and retain healthcare providers in rural communities when you must compete with urban facilities?  As many of you know, the provider situation is likely to get worse in the future before it gets better.  Bloggers are posting about provider shortages all around the country, including pharmacists, surgeons, and primary health care.  [...]

February 11, 2009 · KJacobson · 2 Comments
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Provider Recruitment Support: The Health Professions Loan Assistance Program

The WI Office of Rural Health and the WI Department of Commerce are pleased to announce that 19 health care providers have been awarded Health Professions Loan Assistance Program awards in 2009.  Over 30 physicians, dentists, advance practice nurses and dental hygienists submitted applications to the program in November.  The Program awards up to $50,000 to [...]

January 26, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Rural Wisconsin Health Coop Announces New Aid in Recruitment

The Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative recently released a template for a hospital based “grow your own” Pre-Employee Educational Loan Program.  They’ve produced a sample loan agreement and an example of the policy document needed to manage such a program. As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago on health care workforce, the provider [...]

November 24, 2008 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Federal Loan Repayment Application Changes

The National Health Service Corps recently announced a change in the application deadline for the Loan Repayment Program.  The deadline is now January 31; applications were previously due in March.  The Program is similar to the WI Health Professions Loan Assistance Program—education loan repayment awards are given to health care providers who agree to work [...]

November 16, 2008 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Health Care Workforce Problems Detailed

Two recent reports are receiving a lot of attention for confirming what many people in rural areas (and, increasingly, urban areas too) already know:  there is a significant and growing shortage of primary medical and dental health care workers in Wisconsin. In early October the Wisconsin Hospital Association released their 2008 Health Care Workforce Report.  [...]

November 11, 2008 · KJacobson · 2 Comments
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