Service Site Approvals Extended, No Re-Application Needed for HPSA Score Change through FY 2010 (09/09/2009).
Call for Help if
you are or want to become an approved NHSC Service Site.
The NHSC can make your community in a Health Professional Shortage Area healthier by helping you recruit and retain qualified health care clinicians who care about underserved people and choose to work where they are needed most.
Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and other sites that care for low-income and uninsured people can become NHSC-approved sites where dentists, dental hygienists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, and mental health professionals who are eligible for loan repayment funding or have received scholarships can fulfill their service obligation.
Are We Eligible?
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- Located in a Health Professional Shortage Area
- Provides services on a discount fee schedule
- Accepts patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program
- Can document sound fiscal management
- Has capacity to maintain a competitive salary, benefits, and malpractice coverage package for clinicians
How Do We Benefit?
- List clinician vacancies on NHSC Job Opportunities
- Recruit clinicians dedicated to working where they are needed most
- Recruit students and residents
- Develop linkages with academic institutions and other organizations
- Receive community and site development assistance
- Network with other NHSC sites
- Maximize revenue from Federal programs such as the Rural Health Clinic and Federally Qualified Health Center programs
- Identify ways to support uncompensated care through other grant programs (State and/or Federal) to ensure that your site remains fiscally sound
- Establish an integrated system of care that includes the uninsured and underinsured
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