Dimmit Regional Hospital - Dimmit County
Overview
Dimmit Regional Hospital is committed to the health and well-being of the communities which it serves. Dimmit Regional Hospital has made extensive efforts to lay the groundwork to acquire three types of federal designations for Dimmit 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, Dimmit Regional Hospital will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
Dimmit Regional Hospital 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.
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 Dimmit County.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI-Dimmit
ID: 1488405690
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 15
Designation Date: 02/20/2026
Last Update Date: 02/20/2026
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Dimmit County
ID: 7485840239
Designation Type: High Needs Geographic HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 20
Designation Date: 02/11/2008
Last Update Date: 09/22/2025
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Dimmit County
ID: 6481027382
Designation Type: High Needs Geographic HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 20
Designation Date: 01/10/2020
Last Update Date: 04/07/2026
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 Dimmit Regional Hospital 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. Dimmit Regional Hospital truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible Dimmit Regional Hospital primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program
Advanced Practitioners – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (nurses 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
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.
Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program – Licensed Vocational Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who have worked in Texas for at least 1 year can receive a loan repayment award up to $3,333 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.
Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program – Physicians (MDs and DOs) who are practicing primary care in family medicine, general medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, psychiatry, geriatrics, or other area of critical need 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).
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