Ohio Physician Loan Repayment Program

614.644.8508
PCRH@odh.ohio.gov

The Ohio Physician Loan Repayment Program offers loan repayment assistance to primary care physicians who agree to practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or Health Resource Shortage Area of Ohio for at least 2 years.

The following primary care specialties are eligible:

• Family Practice
• General Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
• General Pediatrics
• Adolescent Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Geriatrics
• Psychiatry (General, Child and Adolescent, Geriatric)

Applicants must either be in current practice or in the final year of training at the time of application. If applicants have existing obligations to a government or other entity, the obligations must be met prior to beginning a loan repayment contract.

Practice sites must be located in a HPSA or Health Resource Shortage Area and provide primary and/or behavioral health services in an ambulatory setting. In addition, sites are required to:

• Accept Medicaid
• Accept assignment for Medicare
• Accommodate all patients regardless of their ability to pay

For the first 2-year contract, selected applicants may receive up to $37,500 annually for repayment of outstanding medical school debt. Those who remain at their practice sites and otherwise maintain eligibility may be eligible to receive up to $47,500 annually for the third and fourth years.

A link to the application instructions is available on the program website.

Email completed applications to PCRH@odh.ohio.gov.