Or. Admin. R. 409-036-0080

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 8, August 1, 2024

Section 409-036-0080 - Maximum Award Amounts

(1)Health Care Provider Incentive Program Loan Repayment subsidy recipients are eligible for a maximum loan repayment award in the following manner:

(a) Full-Time Service:

(A) Those with less than $29,000 in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive up to 100% of qualifying loan debt for initial 3-year service obligation, not to exceed the lesser of their total qualifying loan amount or $20,000.

(B) Those with $29,000 or more in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive:

(i) Seventy percent of the balance owed on qualifying loans upon program entry for an initial three years of service;

(ii) Eighty percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for an additional three years of service; or

(iii) One hundred percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for a final three years of service.

(iv) A participant may receive no more than $50,000 in a single year for full-time service.

(b) Part-Time Service:

(A) Those with less than $15,000 in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive up to 100% of qualifying loan debt for initial, or subsequent service obligations, not to exceed the lesser of their total qualifying loan amount or $10,000.

(B) Those with $15,000 or more in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive:

(i) Thirty-five percent of the balance owed on qualifying loans upon program entry for an initial three years of service;

(ii) Forty percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for an additional three years of service; or

(iii) Fifty percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for a final three years of service.

(iv) A participant may receive no more than $25,000 in a single year for part-time service.

(2)Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness recipients are eligible for incentives as follows:

(a) Scholarship recipients under the Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative at Oregon Health and Science University shall receive a scholarship covering the entire cost of tuition and fees for the participant's health care education at the university.

(b) Students participating in educational or training programs other than those identified in 409-036-0080 (3) shall receive a scholarship or loan forgiveness covering an amount equal to at least half of and up to the entire cost of tuition and fees for the participant's training in the program in which they are participating, at the discretion of the sponsoring organization, so long as the maximum scholarship for each student does not exceed the highest resident tuition rate at the publicly-funded health professional training programs in this state.

(3)Insurance Subsidy Recipients. Practitioners in the program who receive an insurance subsidy shall receive a maximum subsidy of:

(a) Eighty percent of the actual premium charged for physicians specializing in obstetrics and nurse practitioners certified for obstetric care;

(b) Sixty percent of the actual premium charged for physicians specializing in family or general practice who provide obstetrical services;

(c) Forty percent of the actual premium charged for physicians and nurse practitioners engaging in one or more of the following practices:

(A) Family practice without obstetrical services;

(B) General practice without obstetrical services;

(C) Internal medicine;

(D) Geriatrics;

(E) Pulmonary medicine;

(F) Pediatrics;

(G) General surgery; or

(H) Anesthesiology;

(d) Fifteen percent of the actual premium charged for physicians and nurse practitioners other than those included in OAR 409-036-0080 (3)(a) to (c).

(4) Other subsidies. The Authority may provide grants to an organization to support innovative or evidence-based practices for recruitment and retention of health care providers.

Or. Admin. R. 409-036-0080

OHP 4-2017, adopt filed 12/23/2017, effective 1/2/2018; OHP 12-2019, minor correction filed 07/25/2019, effective 7/25/2019; OHP 1-2021, amend filed 03/29/2021, effective 3/29/2021; OHP 2-2022, temporary amend filed 03/04/2022, effective 3/6/2022 through 9/1/2022; OHP 4-2022, temporary amend filed 06/16/2022, effective 6/16/2022 through 9/1/2022; OHP 7-2022, amend filed 08/31/2022, effective 8/31/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 676.454

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 676.454