Onslow Memorial Hospital - Onslow County
Overview
Onslow Memorial Hospital is recognized as a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) with three types of federal designations for our county. This opens the door for benefits such as federal and state-funded student loan forgiveness for Physicians, Advanced Practitioners, and Nurses. Along with our healthcare providers, Onslow Memorial Hospital is committed to the health and well-being of our community with the hopes that through this recruitment and retention initiative, we can boost access to healthcare in our county.
Onslow Memorial Hospital encourages our healthcare providers to contact our team of experts at HPSA Acumen to determine your eligibility and opportunity for loan repayment awards. An individual consultation can be scheduled with them 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 Onslow County.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Onslow County
ID: 1377760284
Designation Type: Geographic
Status: Designated
Score: 11
Designation Date: 09/20/2018
Last Update Date: 09/10/2021
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: Onslow County
ID: 7371437741
Designation Type: Geographic
Status: Designated
Score: 17
Designation Date: 11/06/2012
Last Update Date: 08/06/2021
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI – Onslow County
ID: 6374834790
Designation Type: Low-Income Population
Status: Designated
Score: 15
Designation Date: 12/19/2003
Last Update Date: 08/06/2021
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 our specific shortage designations:
Loan repayment opportunities are possible because Onslow Memorial Hospital forged new partnerships and secured HPSAs in this region. Loan repayment is just one benefit that acknowledges you as the driving force that makes healthcare possible in our community. Onslow Memorial Hospital truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible Onslow Memorial Hospital primary care and mental health providers:
Advanced Practitioners – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (nurses only)
Registered Nurses – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment 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.
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]