Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. - Wyoming County
Overview
Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. is committed to the health and well-being of the communities which it serves. Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. has made extensive efforts to lay the groundwork to acquire three types of federal designations for Wyoming County. These designations, known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), open the door to benefits such as federal and state-funded student loan repayment programs and grants for physicians, advanced practitioners, and nurses. The goal of this initiative is to promote access to quality healthcare in the surrounding service area by recruiting and retaining clinicians like you. Together with its team of healthcare providers, Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. encourages its healthcare providers to contact our team of experts at HPSA Acumen to determine eligibility and opportunities for loan repayment awards. An individual consultation can be scheduled with us at the bottom of this webpage.
What is a HPSA?
HPSAs are designations that indicate health care provider shortages in three platforms of health: primary care, mental health, and dental health. Each platform of health receives its own designation. Each designation is scored to show the severity of the shortage. Scores range from 0 to 25, with 25 indicating the greatest shortage. The maps below outline each type of HPSA for Wyoming County.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Wyoming County
ID: 1545763144
Designation Type: High Needs Geographic HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 20
Designation Date: 04/13/2017
Last Update Date: 09/22/2025
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Wyoming County
ID: 7543213604
Designation Type: High Needs Geographic HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 19
Designation Date: 07/28/2017
Last Update Date: 09/22/2025
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI – Wyoming County
ID: 6541229334
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 18
Designation Date: 11/16/2013
Last Update Date: 09/22/2025
What are the benefits of a HPSA?
In an effort to boost provider recruitment and retention in these often-rural shortage areas, benefits have been established to help build healthcare access for those who need it most. Here are the benefits available in your specific shortage designations.
Loan repayment opportunities are possible because Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. has forged new partnerships and secured HPSAs in this region. Loan repayment is just one benefit that acknowledges you, the provider, as the driving force that makes healthcare possible in your community. Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible Family Healthcare Associates, Inc. primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program
Advanced Practitioners – National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (nurses only), Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners only), West Virginia Mental Health Loan Repayment Program
Registered Nurses – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
Mental Health Providers – Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, West Virginia Mental Health Loan Repayment Program
What do these loan repayment programs offer?
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program – Primary Care Professionals may be eligible for up to $75,000 and Mental Health or Dental Health Professionals may be eligible for up to $50,000, plus a one-time Spanish language award enhancement of $5,000, in return for a two-year service commitment at an NHSC-certified site. One-year extension contracts are available for the remaining student loan balance.
Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program – Advanced Practice Nurses and Registered Nurses may be eligible to apply for loan repayment worth up to 85% of their student loan balance in return for working at a Critical Shortage Facility, like our hospital.
Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program – Providers working full-time with pediatric patients may be eligible to receive up to $100,000 in loan repayment in return for a three-year service commitment. Eligible disciplines include: Physicians, Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed or Certified Master’s Level Social Workers, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Substance Use Disorder Counselors working in a pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, as a child or adolescent psychiatrist, or behavioral health providers working in pediatrics or substance use disorder services. Please refer to program guidelines for a list of specialties and subspecialties for Physicians.
West Virginia Mental Health Loan Repayment Program – Licensed Doctoral Clinical Psychologists, Master’s Level Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Certified Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners and other Mental Health disciplines identified by the Senior Director of Health Sciences as experiencing a shortage of practitioners, working at least 40 hours a week (full-time) or 20 hours per week (part-time), may be eligible for loan repayment of a minimum of $10,000 in return for a 1- year service commitment for full-time workers or 2-year service commitment for part-time workers.
To find out if your address is located in this HPSA designation, please visit the following website:
https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/by-address
For more information, please contact:
HPSA Acumen’s Benefit Support Specialists are available to you:
716.483.0888 ext. 206
Email us here at Support@HPSA.us
Facility Contact Information:
Stephanie Sizemore
304-732-6735
ssizemore@fhcawv.com