United Regional Health Care System - Wichita County
Overview
United Regional Health Care System is committed to the health and well-being of the communities which it serves. United Regional Health Care System has made extensive efforts to lay the groundwork to acquire three types of federal designations for Wichita 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, United Regional Health Care System will continue to offer excellent care in a compassionate environment.
United Regional Health Care 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.
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 Wichita County.
In a Primary Care HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI - Wichita County
ID: 1488078183
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 15
Designation Date: 01/30/2001
Last Update Date: 09/22/2025
In a Mental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI-Wichita County
ID: 7487698916
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 13
Designation Date: 03/26/2026
Last Update Date: 03/26/2026
In a Dental Health HPSA: Yes
HPSA Name: LI - Wichita County
ID: 6486086024
Designation Type: Low Income Population HPSA
Status: Designated
Score: 17
Designation Date: 07/10/2019
Last Update Date: 09/22/2025
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 United Regional Health Care 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. United Regional Health Care System truly appreciates working with you.
Programs available to eligible United Regional Health Care System primary care and mental health providers:
Physicians – Texas Physician Education Loan Repayment Program
Advanced Practitioners – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (nurses only), Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program, Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Assistance Program, Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program
Registered Nurses – Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, Texas Nurse Loan Repayment Program, Texas Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program
Mental Health Providers – Texas Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program, 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 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).
Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Assistance Program – Mental health professionals may be awarded up to $15,000 - $180,000 in return for a 3-year service commitment at their practice site located in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). Additional awards are available for continuation contracts and other eligible bonuses.
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 $13,333 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.
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
Facility Contact Information:
Audrey James
United Regional Health Care System
HR Specialist
AJames@unitedregional.org
(940) 764-7815