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Jan. 17: $1.5 million goes to health care professionals committed to serving Colorado communities with health care shortages
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 17, 2013
CONTACT:
Mark Salley
Communications Director
303-692-2013
$1.5 million goes to health care professionals committed to serving Colorado communities with health care shortages
Colorado Health Service Corps accepting new applications March 1-31
DENVER— In November 2012, the Colorado Health Service Corps, administered by the Primary Care Office at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, awarded nearly $1.4 million in loan repayment funds to 21 health care professionals who will begin serving Colorado communities with a shortage of health care professionals. The corps also awarded $105,000 to three health care providers who will continue to practice in medically underserved communities. Colorado communities with the greatest need benefit from Colorado Health Service Corps support of health care professionals in their communities.
New applications for the Colorado Health Service Corps loan repayment program will be accepted from March 1 to 31. Primary care physicians, psychiatrists and general dentists may be eligible for educational loan debt forgiveness of as much as $105,000. Physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and licensed mental health professionals may be eligible for as much as $60,000, and dental hygienists may receive as much as $22,500.
To participate in the Colorado Health Service Corps, health professionals must be employed in an outpatient primary care practice in an urban or rural area of Colorado that has a health professional shortage. Successful applicants will demonstrate a commitment to caring for underserved people and agree to a three-year term of service.
For more information on the Colorado Health Service Corps, including eligibility requirements and the online application, visit www.coloradohealthservicecorps.org or call 303-692-2466.
The following health professionals have been newly awarded through the Colorado Health Service Corps and will begin their service to Colorado:
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Provider Name
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Provider Discipline
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Employer
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City
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County
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Samuel Mortensen
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Dentist
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Valley Wide Health Systems, Inc.
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Alamosa
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Alamosa
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Rachel Rankin
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Family Medicine Doctor
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Valley Wide Health Systems, Inc.
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Antonito
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Conejos
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Donna Porter
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Nurse Practitioner
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Valley Wide Health Systems, Inc.
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Canon City
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Fremont
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F. Kyle Stewart
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Physician Assistant
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Peak Vista Community Health Centers
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Colorado Springs
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El Paso
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Lauren Hussey
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Physician Assistant
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Plan De Salud Del Valle, Inc.
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Commerce City
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Adams
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Stephanie Augustine
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Family Medicine Doctor
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Denver Community Health Services, Inc.
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Denver
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Denver
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Sarah Christensen
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Internal Medicine Doctor
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Denver Community Health Services, Inc.
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Denver
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Denver
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Kelley Creamer
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Nurse Practitioner
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Clinica Campesina Family Health Services
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Denver
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Denver
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Monica Morris
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
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Denver Community Health Services, Inc.
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Denver
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Denver
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Theodore Shille
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Dentist
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Metro Community Provider Network, Inc.
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Englewood
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Arapahoe
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Breanna Thompson
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Family Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
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Plan De Salud Del Valle, Inc.
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Fort Collins
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Larimer
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Lawrence Algiene
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Licensed Professional Counselor
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North Range Behavioral Health
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Greeley
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Weld
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Mary Jane Brown
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Licensed Professional Counselor
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Touchstone Health Partners
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Loveland
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Larimer
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Elizabeth Buisker
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Family Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
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Pioneers Medical Center
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Meeker
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Rio Blanco
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Kelleen Corrigan
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Licensed Professional Counselor
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The Midwestern Center for Mental Health
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Montrose
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Montrose
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Tabitha Winkler
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Nurse Practitioner
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Upper San Juan Hospital District
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Pagosa Springs
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Archuleta
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Marian Heesaker
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Nurse Practitioner
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Parkview Medical Center
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Pueblo
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Pueblo
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Joshua Hogins
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Psych Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
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Spanish Peaks Mental Health Center, Inc.
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Pueblo
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Pueblo
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Jonathan Irish
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Licensed Professional Counselor
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Spanish Peaks Mental Health Center, Inc.
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Pueblo
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Pueblo
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Leslie Dawdy
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Nurse Practitioner
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Mountain Family Health Centers
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Rifle
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Garfield
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The following health professionals have been awarded funds to continue their service for another year through the Colorado Health Service Corps:
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Anna Lundeen
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Physician
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Northwest Colorado Community Health Center
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Craig
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Moffat
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Nicholas Kurtz
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
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Upper San Juan Hospital District
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Pagosa Springs
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Archuleta
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Kristin Andreen
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Physician
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Clinica Campesina Family Health Services
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Westminster
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Jefferson
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The Colorado Health Service Corps is administered by the Primary Care Office at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with funding from the Colorado Health Foundation, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, the state of Colorado, The Colorado Trust and the Comprecare Foundation.
The Primary Care Office strives to reduce the barriers to health care for Coloradans, assessing primary care workforce needs and offering incentives to health professionals practicing in medically underserved communities.
The Colorado Health Foundation works to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation by investing in grants and initiatives to support health-related nonprofit organizations that focus on increasing the number of Coloradans with health insurance; ensuring they have access to quality, coordinated care; and encouraging healthy living (www.ColoradoHealth.org).
The Colorado Trust is a statewide grant-making foundation dedicated to achieving access to health for all Coloradans (www.coloradotrust.org).
The Comprecare Foundation encourages and assists specific health-related programs and offers grants to support the activities of organizations designed to advance and promote health care education, the delivery of health care services and the improvement of community health and welfare (http://www.comprecarefoundation.org).
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