California’s 1115 Waiver Renewal: New York Waiver Workforce Ideas Sunita Mutha, MD, Joanne Spetz, PhD, Janet Coffman, PhD, and Margaret Fix, MPH Center for the Health Professions at UCSF December 11, 2014
Doctors Across New York State-funded program enacted in 2008 to train and place physicians in a variety of settings and specialties to care for New York's diverse population Encompasses two financial incentive programs: Physician Loan Repayment Physician Practice Support What is DANY? 2
Awards to date: 222 Total amount of funding awarded by both programs: $23,243,066 2009: $9,333,039 2011: $5,005,529 2013: $8,806,392 43% of funding allocated to loan repayment and 57% to practice support Summary of Funds Awarded 3 Source: Center for Health Workforce Studies, DANY Awards,
Up to $150k in loan repayments for qualified educational loans for 5 consecutive years of service in an underserved area Mean amount of award: $134,875 74 awards to date Physician Loan Repayment 4
Up to $100K over 2 years for services in an underserved area Funds are available for Salary enhancements Signing bonuses Income guarantees Other direct payments to physicians Physician Practice Support 5
Two ways to qualify: 1.Individual physician can apply for funds to support costs of establishing/ joining a practice in an underserved community 2.General hospitals and other qualified health care providers can apply for funds to help recruit new physicians to underserved communities. Mean amount of award: $89,610 148 awards to date Physician Practice Support (cont.) 6
Distribution of Awards by Specialty (n = 222) * More than half of the other specialists are in emergency medicine, general surgery, or a surgical subspecialty. 7 Source: Center for Health Workforce Studies, DANY Awards,
DANY and SMTLP 8 DANYSMTLP* Types of awardsLoan repayment & practice support Loan repayment Maximum award$150,000$105,000 Minimum years of service 5 years3 years Eligible specialties Preference for primary care, OB/GYN, emergency medicine, general surgery, geriatrics, and psychiatry Preference for primary care, OB/GYN, and geriatrics; psychiatrists eligible for MHLAP (smaller awards) *SMTLP: Steven M Thompson Loan Program (California)