Golden Plains Community Hospital - Hutchinson County
Overview
Golden Plains Community Hospital is committed to the health and well-being of the communities in which it serves. Golden Plains Community Hospital has made an extensive effort to lay the groundwork to acquire two types of federal designations for Hutchinson 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, Golden Plains Community Hospital will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
Golden Plains Community Hospital 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 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 having the greatest shortage. The maps below outline each type of HPSA for Hutchinson County.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Hutchinson County
ID: 1489084978
Designation Type: Geographic
Status: Designated
Score: 12
Designation Date: 4/1/2016
Last Update Date: 9/10/2021
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Hutchinson County
ID: 7482489809
Designation Type: Geographic
Status: Designated
Score: 18
Designation Date: 4/14/2000
Last Update Date: 8/4/2021
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 to those who need it the most. Here are the benefits available in your specific shortage designations.
Loan repayment opportunities are possible because Golden Plains Community Hospital 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. Golden Plains Community Hospital truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible Golden Plains Community Hospital primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, and Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program
Advanced Practitioners – 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), Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program (Advanced Practice Nurses in psychiatric or mental health nursing only), Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program (Nurses only), and Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program
Registered Nurses – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program, and Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Mental Health Providers – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program (Psychiatrists only), Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program, and Texas Rural 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% off their student loan balance in return for working at a Critical Shortage Facility, like our hospital.
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 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 medicine, internal medicine, 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 Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program – Mental health professionals may be awarded up to $10,000 - $160,000 in return for a 3-year service commitment at their practice site located in a Mental 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 including, but not limited to, Nurses, Paramedics/EMTs, Healthcare Facility Administrators, Occupational Therapists, and Physical Therapists who have received their license in their field within the previous 24 months of the application cycle or practiced in a county with more than 150,000 and has recently moved or will move to a qualifying community may receive up to $10,000 in return for a 1-year service commitment.
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:
Mickey Dunigan, CIO
806-467-5731
[email protected]