BSA Health System - Potter County
Overview
BSA Health System is committed to the health and well-being of the communities which it serves. BSA Health System has made extensive efforts to lay the groundwork to acquire two types of federal designations for Potter 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, BSA Health System will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
BSA Health System 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 Potter County.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI – Potter County/North Randall County
ID: 1481939289
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 14
Designation Date: 05/14/2020
Last Update Date: 03/07/2025
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI – Potter County
ID: 7488859580
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 17
Designation Date: 01/10/2020
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
In a Dental Health HPSA: No
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 BSA Health System 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. BSA Health System truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible BSA Health System primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program and Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program
Advanced Practitioners – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (nurses only), Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners only), Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program
Registered Nurses – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program
Mental Health Providers – Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program and Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment 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% 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.
Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program – Physicians (MDs and DOs) who are practicing primary care in family medicine, general practice, general internal medicine, medicine – pediatrics, general pediatrics, OB/GYN, psychiatry, or geriatrics can receive loan repayment up to $180,000 in return for a 4-year service commitment. Physicians must be working in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program – Licensed Vocational Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who have worked in Texas for at least one year can receive a loan repayment award up to $16,000 in return for a 1-year service commitment, depending on their profession.
Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program – Licensed, non-physician healthcare providers may be eligible for up to $10,000 if they have either received their license within 2 years of the application deadline OR practiced in a county with more than 150,000 people and have moved, or will move, to a qualifying community within a year of the application deadline. Some eligible providers include, but are not limited to, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Physical and Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, Optometrists, Emergency Medical Technicians, Speech Pathologists, Dentists, and Licensed Non-Physician Mental Health Practitioners. The service commitment for this program is one year.
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]
Facility Contact Information:
Mona Tucker
AVP, Human Resources
BSA Health System
(806) 212-5502
[email protected]