Funding Opportunity Details

Ohio Physician Loan Repayment Program

Organization State of Ohio

Type Loan Forgiveness

Duration 4 years

Deadline Friday, January 15, 2010 (Applications are due on, or before, Jan 15th of each year.)

Amount $20,000 - $80,000

Ethnicity Not Applicable

Website www.odh.ohio.gov

The Ohio Physician Loan Repayment Program (OPLRP) is a program in which American primary care physicians agree to practice primary care medicine 40 hours per week in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or former HPSA. They also agree to treat a percentage of Medicaid and Medicare patients equal to the percentage in their service area. In return, they receive up to $80,000 of medical school debt repaid ($20,000 over a four-year period).

OPLRP participants have an initial contract of two years of service, then a follow-up contract of either one two-year contract or two one-year contracts.

Participants must be primary care physicians in the following areas:

• Family Practice
• Internal Medicine
• Pediatrics
• OB/GYN
  

Other restrictions: Limited to primary care, new graduates or who have been practicing for less than 3 years.

Contact:

• 
  State of Ohio
  Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services
  246 North High Street, PO Box 118
  Columbus, OH43216-0118
  (614)644-8508
  Fax: (614)564-2432