Wisconsin Primary Care Office

Provider Recruitment and Retention

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Spotlight

• Wisconsin Provider Recruitment and Retention Webinar Series (exit DHS) These webinars will provide more detailed information to clinic sites in Wisconsin to help with recruitment and retention of primary care, dental, and mental health providers. The webinars focus on four areas: recruitment and retention, costs of provider turnover, developing a retention plan, and physician integration.

There are a number of federal and state student loan repayment and scholarship programs designed to recruit and retain health professionals in areas that have shortages of providers. These programs include:

• National Health Service Corps Scholarship

• National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment

• Wisconsin Health Professions Loan Assistance Program (HPLAP)

• NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program

Provider Recruitment and Retention Toolkit and Resources

Successful recruitment and retention of providers helps to improve and stabilize quality of care for a community. From an organizational perspective, successful recruitment and retention of providers helps an organization avoid costs related to finding a new provider and the subsequent disruption of service delivery. The retention toolkit, resources, and powerpoint documents featured below provide information on developing a successful retention plan.

Midwest Retention Toolkit (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Wisconsin Resources for Provider Recruitment and Retention (PDF, 195 KB)

National Resources for Provider Recruitment and Retention (PDF, 83 KB)

Midwest Retention Toolkit Webinar Presentation (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Comparison of Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs

Scholarship Resources for Health Professional Shortage Areas in Wisconsin (PDF, 77 KB)

Primary Care Loan Repayment Recruitment Resources for Health Professional Shortage Areas in Wisconsin (PDF, 195 KB)

Dental Loan Repayment Recruitment Resources for Health Professional Shortage Areas in Wisconsin (PDF, 72 KB)

Mental Health Loan Repayment Recruitment Resources for Health Professional Shortage Areas in Wisconsin (PDF, 73 KB)  

Areas where health professionals are fulfilling service obligations

Health Care Providers with Service Obligations, January 2011 (PDF, 650 KB) This map displays the number of full time equivalents (FTE) fulfilling a service obligation in a state or federal loan repayment program or the J-1 visa waiver program by county of their primary work site. This is a mix of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals. 

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Last Updated: April 23, 2013