NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS

HISTORY OF NHSC

• Health care crisis that emerged in the U.S. in the 1950's and 1960‘s

• Increasing specialization and rapid technological advances

• Lack of resources in rural • Rural states appealed to Congress, which created the

NHSC. • About half of all NHSC clinicians work in

– Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)– Health Centers

NHSC Facts

• The NHSC has more than 10,000 clinicians and more than 17,000 sites

• More than 10.5 million people receive health care from NHSC clinicians

• There are more than 10,500 job vacancies for NHSC primary care medical, dental and mental health clinicians

• Most (more than 70 percent) of NHSC clinicians continue to work in underserved areas after completing their service commitment.

NHSC Facts

• NHSC support is tax-free. • NHSC loan repayments and scholarships

(except for monthly stipends) are exempt from Federal income tax.

NHSC Member Story

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQmSwDn4Zc&feature=player_detailpage

NHSC Facts

• Corps members earn competitive salaries.• Corps members negotiate their salaries

directly with their service site. Sites are prohibited from paying Corps members less than their similarly qualified non-Corps colleagues

What is the NHSC Scholarship Program?

• Payment for tuition, required fees, and other reasonable educational costs

• Monthly support stipend (taxable) • Assistance in finding a practice site

Am I Eligible?

• To receive an NHSC scholarship, you must be – U.S. citizen or U.S. national – Full-time student at an accredited school,

pursuing a degree in: • Medicine (MD or DO) • Dentistry (DDS or DMD) • Nurse practitioner • Certified nurse-midwife • Physician assistant (in primary care)

What is the Service Commitment?

• 1 year for each year of support (minimum of two years service) at an approved site in a high-need Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) soon after they graduate,

• serve a primary care residency (family medicine, general pediatrics, general internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology or psychiatry for physicians and general or pediatric for dentists) and are licensed.

• Scholars compete for employment at the approved service sites of their choice from a listing of job vacancies in their discipline and specialty.

• NHSC helps Scholars select a compatible service site and pays for travel to and from interviews.

How to Apply for Scholarship Program

• http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/scholarship/

NHSC Loan Repayment Program

• Primary care providers who join the Corps after graduation can receive up to $170,000 in loan repayment for completing a five-year service commitment.

How to Apply for Loan Repayment Program

• Please refer to the eligibility list on the NHSC Web site for more details at: www.nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/.

Where do Scholars and Loan Recipients Serve?.

• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)• FQHC Look-Alike• Rural Health Clinic (RHC)• Hospital Affiliated Primary Care Out-Patient Clinic• Indian Health Service, Tribal Clinic, and Urban Indian Health Clinic (ITCU)• Correctional Facility• Private Practice (Solo/Group)• Other Health Facility (Community Outpatient Facility, Community

Mental Health Facility, State and County Departments of Health Clinic, Mobile Unit, Free Clinic, Immigration and customs Enforcement (ICE) Health Service Corps)

NHSC Member Story

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQmSwDn4Zc&feature=player_detailpage

http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/