Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Primary Health Care Loan Repayment Program:
Website: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/primary_care_resources/14194/loan_repayment_program/608697 & http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/primarycare/LRPFACT.pdf
Eligibility:
Practitioner must be a U.S. citizen, a graduate of an accredited educational program and be eligible for certification/licensure in Pennsylvania. Practitioners with unrserved obligations from other Federal, State or local scholarship or loan repayment programs, or who are in default of any loan obligations are NOT eligible to apply.
Service requirements/ Scholarship Terms:
Practitioner must agree to serve a minimum of three years at an approved site in a designated Primary Care or Dental HPSA (Health professional Shortage Areas). Must also maintain a full-time medical practice in an HPSA, which may include a non-profit or a private practice. The practice must agree that it will not discriminate on the basis of a patient’s ability to pay or source of payment, including Medicare or Medicaid. The practice or employer must accept assignment under Medicare and Medicaid, and agree to charge the usual and customary fees, except that if a person is unable to pay such charge, such person shall be charged at a reduced rate (i.e., sliding fee schedule) or not charged any fee.
Who can apply:
• Physicians
Family Practice Physicians, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, Osteopathic General Practice,
Obstetrics/ Gynecology
• General Dentists • Certified Registered Nurse practitioners (Primary Care) • Certified Nurse Midwives • Physician Assistants (Primary Care)
Amount of repayment per year of service:
Physicians and dentists may receive up to $64,000 in educational loan repayment. Nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants may receive up to $40,000.Physicians/Dentists
Contact Information:
Address:
PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Planning, Division of Health Professions Development, Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Program, Room 1033, Health & Welfare Bldg., 7th & Forster Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 772-5298 Email: www.health.state.pa.us/pco or [email protected]
Pennsylvania Primary Health Care Loan Repayment Program:
Website: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/primary_care_resources/14194/loan_repayment_program/608697 & http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/primarycare/LRPFACT.pdf
Eligibility:
Practitioner must be a U.S. citizen, a graduate of an accredited educational program and be eligible for certification/licensure in Pennsylvania. Practitioners with unrserved obligations from other Federal, State or local scholarship or loan repayment programs, or who are in default of any loan obligations are NOT eligible to apply.
Service requirements/ Scholarship Terms:
Practitioner must agree to serve a minimum of three years at an approved site in a designated Primary Care or Dental HPSA (Health professional Shortage Areas). Must also maintain a full-time medical practice in an HPSA, which may include a non-profit or a private practice. The practice must agree that it will not discriminate on the basis of a patient’s ability to pay or source of payment, including Medicare or Medicaid. The practice or employer must accept assignment under Medicare and Medicaid, and agree to charge the usual and customary fees, except that if a person is unable to pay such charge, such person shall be charged at a reduced rate (i.e., sliding fee schedule) or not charged any fee.
Who can apply:
• Physicians
Family Practice Physicians, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, Osteopathic General Practice,
Obstetrics/ Gynecology
• General Dentists • Certified Registered Nurse practitioners (Primary Care) • Certified Nurse Midwives • Physician Assistants (Primary Care)
Amount of repayment per year of service:
Physicians and dentists may receive up to $64,000 in educational loan repayment. Nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants may receive up to $40,000.Physicians/Dentists
Contact Information:
Address:
PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Planning, Division of Health Professions Development, Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Program, Room 1033, Health & Welfare Bldg., 7th & Forster Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 772-5298 Email: www.health.state.pa.us/pco or [email protected]