L.A. Care announced the first round of Provider Recruitment Program grants as part of its Elevating the Safety Net initiative, which supports the recruitment of highly-qualified primary care physicians to the Los Angeles County safety net.
"Part of our mission at L.A. Care is to support the safety net, and with estimates that California will face a shortage of nearly 9,000 primary care physicians by 2030, we were compelled to act," said John Baackes, L.A. Care CEO. "The Provider Recruitment Program is a vital step in protecting patient care now and in the future."
The Provider Recruitment Program, one of three programs in the initiative, sent grant award letters to 29 clinics and practices. Each was approved for $125,000 to be used for salary subsidies, sign-on bonuses, and/or relocation costs for new primary care physicians recruited into the safety net. The awardees must hire a physician new to the L.A. Care Medi-Cal network no later than June 30, 2019, to receive the award funds.
The third grantmaking cycle is currently open until March 7, 2019. Please visit the Provider Recruitment Program page to review the Request for Applications.
Newly recruited physicians to the safety net are eligible for the Physician Loan Repayment Program, another part of Elevating the Safety Net. Under the program, loan repayments of up to $5,000 per month for up to 36 months will be provided to the new recruits, as long as they continue to work within the safety net. So far, eight physicians have been awarded loan repayment grants.
Awardees
All for Health, Health for All, Montrose
AltaMed Health Services Corp., South Gate
Angeles Community Health Center, Los Angeles
APLA Health, Long Beach/Los Angeles
Bartz-Altadonna Community Health Center, Lancaster
Center for Family Health and Education, Inc., Panorama City
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena, El Monte
Comprehensive Community Health Centers, Sunland
Eisner Health, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Family Care Specialists Medical Group, Inc, Los Angeles
Garfield Health Center, Monterey Park
Harbor Community Clinic, San Pedro
Kheir Center, Los Angeles
L.A. Christian Health Centers, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Community Clinic, Los Angeles
Northeast Valley Health Corporation, Santa Clarita
QueensCare Health Centers, Los Angeles
San Fernando Community Health Center, San Fernando/Mission Hills
South Bay Family Health Care, Gardena
South Central Family Health Center, Los Angeles
Southern California Medical Center, El Monte
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, Los Angeles
The Achievable Foundation, Culver City
The Children’s Clinic, Long Beach
Uptimum Medical Group, Inglewood
Valley Community Healthcare, North Hollywood
Venice Family Clinic, Venice
Anthony Cardillo, MD, Sherman Oaks
Saman Ghalili, MD, Los Angeles