Provide loan redemption opportunity to providers (OB, APN, CNM) who agree to practice in HPSA and MUA designated areas.
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Submitted by Shirley White-Walker, CNM, FACNM on 5/15/08
The state should provide funding for loan redemption programs aimed at providing relief to clinicians graduating from OB/Gyn residencies and Nurse-Midwifery programs who plan on practicing in New Jersey
Currently, malpractice premium subsidies are only available to physicians. Nurse-Midwives who are not practicing in FQHC's (covered by tort reform) should be able to access this benefit.
NJPCA supports the expansion of loan redemption in NJ. It has come to my attention that not one graduating OB (last year) opted to stay in NJ to practice. Not sure if loan redemption would have made a difference but this program needs to be better publicized and funded.
Kathy Davis
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