2009 Federal Issues - National Health Service Corps Initiative 

• Please spread the word about the National Health Service Corps’ Loan Repayment Program to all primary care clinicians who currently work in or are interested in working in underserved communities. Applicants are encouraged to apply early as applications are being accepted continuously until available funds are expended or through July 29, 2010, whichever is earlier.
• Download a description of the application’s changes: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/easier.pdf  
• Download the new, user friendly LRP application: https://lrpbcrs.hrsa.gov
• Access the new Application Information Bulletin (AIB) and forms at: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment.

For questions please contact the HRSA Call Center at 1-800-221-9393.

• AACOM partnered with AAMC to bring together representatives from four national organizations with officials of the NHSC at AACOM’s office on 06/25/09 to discuss NHSC programs. Dr. Stephen C. Shannon, President and CEO of AACOM, welcomed the participants, which included Mark Pincus, the NHSC’s Director of the Division of Site and Clinical Recruitment, and representatives from AACOM, AAMC, AOA, and the American Medical Association.
  
  Representatives of the groups and NHSC officials discussed collaborating on the recruitment of applicants for NHSC’s scholarship and loan repayment programs. Several options for marketing to medical student and residents were discussed, including use of websites, social media, online advertisements or widgets, print advertising, radio advertising, and talking points for speeches and meetings
  
  AACOM pledged its support for promoting the NHSC programs, which for nearly 40 years have provided scholarships and loan repayments for more than 30,000 doctors, dentists, and other health professionals who provide health care in the most geographically isolated and economically distressed regions of the country.