National Health Service Corps

National Health Service Corps Webinars Scheduled for October

By |2017-02-10T09:48:39-07:00October 11th, 2016|Prevention|

There are several opportunities this October in Arizona and across the country to understand the benefits and impact of the National Health Service Corps. The service corps works to recruit and retain health care providers to work in underserved communities. The service corps increases access to care by supporting primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician [...]

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Health Care Provider Spotlight

By |2017-02-10T09:49:07-07:00October 13th, 2015|Prevention|

October is Corps Community Month, now in its fifth year to bring awareness on the importance of the primary care workforce in improving health.  This month highlights the benefits and impact of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) programs in bringing more health care providers into underserved communities with limited access.  The NHSC increases access [...]

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What’s National Health Service Corps?

By |2017-02-10T09:50:54-07:00October 25th, 2012|Affordable Care Act|

The Affordable Care Act provided $1.5B nationally (through September 2015) to the National Health Service Corps to train and recruit more primary care providers via scholarships and loan repayment assistance. It’s a federal program been building healthy communities by connecting primary health care providers to areas of the United States with limited access to care [...]

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Maricopa County Designated as a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area

By |2011-04-11T09:41:28-07:00April 11th, 2011|Behavioral Health|

The US Health Resources and Services Administration designated Maricopa County as a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area.  This federal designation lets mental health facilities and providers participate in the National Health Service Corps Program, which recruits fully-trained health professionals to provide interdisciplinary primary health care services to underserved populations, assists clinicians in repayment of qualifying educational [...]

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