Primary Care

 

 

In parts of Missouri, a shortage of primary health care providers makes it difficult for low-income, uninsured and geographically isolated Missourians to receive health care. By working with health care providers and communities, access to care can be improved for the underserved.

There are several workforce initiatives offered through the DHSS Office of Primary Care. View the programs below for details.

  • Health Professional Loan and Loan Repayment Programs
  • J-1 Visa/State 30 Waiver Program. This program allows a foreign medical graduate to attend an advanced training program in the United States and waives the requirement for graduates to return to their native country. The physician’s waiver is granted in exchange for an obligation to work for three years in an underserved area of Missouri.
  • National Interest Waiver program allows foreign-trained doctors to work in underserved areas of Missouri.
  • Missouri Graduate Medical Education (GME) Grant Program Missouri Graduate Medical Education (GME) Grant Program is a state funded program to increase the number of residency slots for existing Missouri residency programs.
  • Community-Based Faculty Preceptor Tax Credit Program. The Community-Based Faculty Preceptor Tax Credit program, administered by the Department of Health and Senior Services' (DHSS) Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC), provides an income tax credit for qualified community-based faculty preceptors for physicians and physician assistants.
  • Rural Primary Care Physician Grant. The Rural Primary Care Physician Grant Program, administered by the Department of Health and Senior Services' (DHSS) Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC), provides funding to rural physicians beginning practice after July 1, 2022, in a Missouri county with a population of fewer than thirty-five thousand (35,000) inhabitants in return for providing primary care clinical services in rural Missouri.

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