Providers
2. HRSA to Hold
Calls on Nurse Loan Repayment
1. CMS to Hold
1/16 Conference Call for Healthcare Providers
The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a conference call open to
the healthcare provider community to discuss health plans offered through the
Health Insurance Marketplace. The agency will provide brief updates on
these plans and entertain questions that have been submitted in advance to [email protected]
Call Details
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2014 Time: 1:00 p.m. EASTERN
time.
Participant Line: 855 258-3677
Conference ID: 34470517
CMS has made available a list of all plans and their customer service numbers
in this database. Fact sheets and educational
materials for patients are available here.
2. HRSA to Hold
Calls on Nurse Loan Repayment
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) has indicated that the agency will hold two open
conference calls to provide technical assistance to individuals wishing to
apply to the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment program.
Call
Details
Dates:
January 30, 2014 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., ET
February 13, 2014 from 8:00 - 9:30 p.m., ET
HRSA has not yet announced the dial in number or passcode for the calls, but
has indicated that this information will be posted here
as soon as it is available. Applications must be submitted through the NURSE
Corps Program Portal no later than 7:30 p.m. ET on February 27, 2014.
Background
Under this program, registered nurses (including advanced practice
registered nurses and nursing faculty) can have 60 percent of their unpaid
nursing student loans paid off in just 2 years - and an additional 25 percent
of the original balance for an optional third year.
In return, NURSE Corps members fulfill a service obligation at one of thousands
of eligible nonprofit hospitals, clinics, nursing schools and other facilities
located in designated mental health or primary medical care Health Professional
Shortage Areas across the U.S. To identify such areas, click here.
To be eligible, you must:
-- be a licensed registered nurse (nurse practitioners and other advanced
practice nurses are encouraged to apply) or nurse faculty,
-- have completed your training (diploma, associate, baccalaureate or
graduate). Your education must be from an accredited school of nursing
located in a U.S. State. Note that ACME is identified by HRSA as a
recognized accrediting agency for midwifery programs,
-- be employed full time (at least 32 hours per week) at an eligible critical
shortage facility. HRSA identifies such facilities in its Application
and Program Guidance, and
-- be a U.S. citizen (born or naturalized) or National and Lawful Permanent
Resident.
Funding preference is based on your financial need and the facility where you
work. Last year, in FY 2013, the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program
received over 4,300 eligible applications and made 500 initial awards to RNs
working at Critical Shortage Facilities and over 125 initial awards to
nurse faculty working at accredited eligible schools of nursing, awarding a
total of $38 million.
The application includes a contract that obligates participants to serve 2
years at the critical shortage facility. If a participant in the program does
not fulfill that obligation, they face significant financial
consequences.
The program is expected to be competitive and applicants are encouraged to begin
the application process early, as it typically takes a few weeks to
complete.
If you have questions about this program, or other issues related to midwifery
education, please contact Elaine Germano, ACNMs Senior Education Policy Adviser
at [email protected] or 240 485-1845.
