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Lawmakers and community health centers press for NP residencies, loan repayment and Medicaid GME to shore up workforce
Summary
Senators, representatives and health‑center leaders told the committee the state should expand nurse practitioner residency slots, broaden loan‑repayment eligibility and restore Medicaid graduate medical education payments to drive recruitment and retention at community health centers.
Boston — Community health centers and elected officials urged the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing to advance a package of workforce bills that would expand nurse‑practitioner residency programs, broaden loan‑repayment eligibility and restore Medicaid graduate medical‑education support to community‑based residencies.
Senator John Keenan, speaking for the Senate bill and its house counterpart, described a community health‑center nurse practitioner residency that has existed in Worcester since 2009 and said the legislation (House 1377 / Senate 72 references in testimony) would create a two‑year residency plus a service obligation aimed at retention. “This is a pipeline,” Keenan said,…
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