While the whole nation faces a shortage of healthcare professionals, rural areas like Kingman, Arizona are heavily impacted. According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Kingman is a health professional shortage area (HPSA).
Our community deserves access to quality healthcare providers and excellent care. That’s why Kingman Regional Medical Center participates in multiple programs to help our health professionals repay existing educational loans while they provide care in a medically underserved area.
Loan Repayment Opportunities
Arizona State Loan Repayment Program
The Arizona SLRP provides loan repayment assistance to healthcare professionals, including physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, and behavioral health providers, who provide outpatient primary care services in a HPSA.
For eligibility requirements and more information, visit azdhs.gov.
Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
Nurse Corps LRP offers loan repayment to registered nurses (RN), advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), and nursing faculty in exchange for a two-year service commitment at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses (or, for nurse faculty, an eligible school of nursing). Additional loan repayment is available for a third year of service.
The program gives special consideration to nurses and nurse faculty who specialize in women’s health to combat disparities that put women at risk before, during, and after pregnancy. There is also special consideration for psychiatric nurse practitioners to promote the integration of mental health, substance use disorders, and other behavioral health services into primary care.
Learn more about the program here.
National Health Services Corps Loan Repayment Program
Licensed primary care clinicians in eligible disciplines can receive loan repayment assistance through the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. In exchange for loan repayment, you must serve at least two years of service at the National Health Service Corps -approved site in a Health Professional Shortage Area.
Learn more about the program here.
Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program
Eligible clinicians providing pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care including substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment services may apply to the Pediatric Specialty LRP.
Learn more about the program here.
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program
Eligible substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clinicians and community health workers can apply to the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP). To qualify, applicants must work at a STAR-LRP approved facility in a mental health professional shortage area (MHPSA) or in a county where the drug overdose rate for the past three years is higher than the most recent national average.
Learn more about the program here.
Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Because Kingman Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital, employees may qualify for the PSLF Program.
Learn more about the program here.
