Here is how the $250 million is broken out:
• $168 million for training more than 500 new primary care physicians by 2015;
• $32 million for training more than 600 physician assistants;
• $30 million to transition more than 600 part-time nursing students to full-time;
• $15 million to support 10 nurse-managed health clinics in underserved areas; and
• $5 million to states to help them expand their primary care workforce by 10-25 percent over 10 years.
Read the AHA News Now report on HHS funding for primary care.
Read other Becker’s coverage on the primary care provider shortage.
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