Adventist Health - Mendocino County
Overview
Adventist Health Mendocino County network is committed to the health and well-being of the communities in which it serves. Adventist Health Mendocino County network has made an extensive effort to lay the groundwork to acquire three types of federal designations for Mendocino County. These designations, known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), open the door to benefits for physicians, advanced practitioners, and nurses, such as federal and state-funded student loan repayment programs and grants. 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, Adventist Health Mendocino County network will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
Adventist Health Mendocino County network encourages its healthcare providers to contact our team of experts at HPSA Acumen to determine the eligibility and opportunity for loan repayment awards. An individual consultation can be scheduled with us at the bottom of this webpage.
HPSAs are designations that indicate healthcare 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 having the greatest shortage. The maps below outline each type of HPSA for Mendocino County.
Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital
1 Marcela Drive, Willits, CA
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI/MFW/H - MSSA 91/Willits
ID: 1069165138
Designation Type: Low-Income Homeless Migrant Farmworker Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 14
Designation Date: 03/14/2022
Last Update Date: 03/14/2022
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital
700 River Drive, Fort Bragg, CA
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: MSSA 87.2 and 89 - Mendocinco and Fort Bragg
ID: 1068209684
Designation Type: Geographic HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 14
Designation Date: 05/02/2024
Last Update Date: 05/02/2024
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Hospital
275 Hospital Drive, Ukiah, CA
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: MSSA 93.1 - Ukiah
ID: 1063316206
Designation Type: Geographic HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 11
Designation Date: 04/24/2024
Last Update Date: 04/24/2024
Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital
1 Marcela Drive, Willits, CA
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI/MFW-Mendocino County
ID: 7061268703
Designation Type: Low Income Migrant Farmworker Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 19
Designation Date: 12/01/2017
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital
700 River Drive, Fort Bragg, CA
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI/MFW-Mendocino County
ID: 7061268703
Designation Type: Low-Income Migrant Farmworker Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 19
Designation Date: 12/01/2017
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Hospital
275 Hospital Drive, Ukiah, CA
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI/MFW-Mendocino County
ID: 7061268703
Designation Type: Low-Income Migrant Farmworker Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 19
Designation Date: 12/01/2017
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
Adventist Health Howard Memorial Hospital
1 Marcela Drive, Willits, CA
In a Dental Health HPSA: No
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital
700 River Drive, Fort Bragg, CA
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI - MSSA 89-Fort Bragg/Westport
ID: 6062232868
Designation Type: Low-Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 18
Designation Date: 09/01/2022
Last Update Date: 09/01/2022
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Hospital
275 Hospital Drive, Ukiah, CA
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI/MFW-MSSA93.1/Ukiah
ID: 6069441725
Designation Type: Low-Income Migrant Farmworker Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 7
Designation Date: 03/18/2022
Last Update Date: 03/18/2022
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 to those who need it the most. Here are the benefits available in your specific shortage designations.
Loan repayment opportunities are possible because the Adventist Health Mendocino County network forged new partnerships and secured HPSAs in this region. Loan repayment is just one benefit that acknowledges you, the providers, as the driving force that makes healthcare possible in your community. Adventist Health Mendocino County network truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible Adventist Health Mendocino County network primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program, Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, California State Loan Repayment Program, Stephen M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program, County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Loan Repayment Program
Advanced Practitioners – National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program, Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (nurses only), Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners Only), California State Loan Repayment Program, County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Loan Repayment Program
Registered Nurses – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, California Bachelor of Science Nursing Loan Repayment Program
Licensed Vocational Nurses – California Licensed Vocational Nurse Loan Repayment Program
Mental Health Providers – National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program, Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, State Loan Repayment Program, Licensed Mental Health Services Provider Education Program
What do these loan repayment programs offer?
Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program – Advanced Practice Nurses and Registered Nurses may be eligible to apply for loan repayment worth up to 85% off their student loan balance in return for working at a Critical Shortage Facility, like our hospital.
National Health Service Corps 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 2-year service commitment at an NHSC-certified site. One-year extension contracts are available for the remaining student loan balance.
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program – Healthcare professionals providing direct treatment or recovery support of patients with or in recovery from a substance use disorder including but not limited to Physicians, Clinicians, Bachelor’s-level Substance Use Disorder Counselors, Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals, and Clinical Support Staff may be eligible for up to $250,000 for a 6-year service commitment at a STAR-certified site.
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 3-year service commitment. Eligible discipline types include: Physicians, Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed or Certified Master’s Level Social Workers, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Substance Use Disorder Counselors working in a pediatric medical subspeciality, 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 full list of specialties and subspecialties.
California State Loan Repayment Program – Physicians (Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, Gerontology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry), Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants (Adult, Family, Pediatric, Women’s Health, Geriatrics, Mental Health and Psychiatry), Certified Nurse Midwives, Pharmacists, Dentists (General Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry), Registered Dental Hygienists, Health Service Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychiatric Nurse Specialists, and Substance Use Disorder Counselors may be eligible to apply for loan repayment up to $50,000 for a full-time 2-year service obligation or a half-time contract for $25,000. One-year extension contracts are available. Full-time and part-time contracts are available.
California Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program – California licensed physicians (MD/DO) practicing in Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Gerontology, General Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry, or Surgery may be eligible for up to $105,000 in loan repayment for a 3-year commitment, extension contracts are available. Providers must work 32 hours a week of direct outpatient patient care at a site. If the clinic is owned by a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, the clinic’s patient caseload must contain at least 50% of patients who are from a medically underserved population. If the clinic is a physician-owned and operated primary care medical practice, the clinic’s patient caseload must contain at least 50% of patients who are uninsured, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, or beneficiaries of another publicly funded program that serves patients who earn less than 250% of the federal poverty level.
California County Medical Services Provider (CMSP) Loan Repayment Program – Physicians (Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Psychiatry, and Obstetrics/Gynecology), Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, Dentists (General Dentistry) who participate at CMSP qualified and contracted outpatient sites may be eligible for loan repayment up to $50,000 in return for a 2-year service commitment. One-year extension contracts are available.
California Bachelor of Science Nursing Loan Repayment Program – Licensed Registered Nurses with a BSN degree may be eligible for up to $15,000 in loan repayment for a 12-month service commitment. Eligible participants must provide direct care at least 32 hours per week. Applicants may reapply if they still meet the eligibility requirements.
California Licensed Vocational Nurse Loan Repayment Program – Licensed Vocational Nurses who provide direct patient care at least 32 hours per week may be eligible for up to $8,000 in loan repayment for a 12-month service commitment. Applicants may reapply if they still meet the eligibility requirements.
California Licensed Mental Health Services Provider Education Program – Mental Health Professionals providing direct patient care at least 32 hours per week may be eligible for up to $15,000 for one year of service. One-year continuation contracts are available.
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 [email protected]