SD13 - Recruiting and Retaining Health Care Providers for Underserved Populations and Areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas throughout the Commonwealth


Executive Summary:
The report contained herein is pursuant to Section 32.1-122.22 of the Code of Virginia of the 2000 session of the General Assembly.

This report constitutes the response of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) by providing a summary of the Center for Primary Care and Rural Health program activity in fiscal year 2000. This report includes planned activities for the coming year, the number and type of providers who have been recruited to care for Virginia's underserved populations and practice in underserved areas in Virginia, utilization of scholarship and loan repayment programs, retention rate of providers who have located in underserved areas. In addition, the report recommends new programs, activities, and strategies for increasing the number of providers in Virginia's underserved areas. The options listed in Section vi is in response to language in the Code of Virginia and should not be construed as·a request for funds or staffing.