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Panel urges state support to expand community health center nurse-practitioner residency program
Summary
Lawmakers heard from community health center leaders and sponsors on a bill to establish a statewide community health center nurse-practitioner residency to improve recruitment and retention of nurse practitioners in underserved areas; Worcester’s long-running pilot was cited as evidence of success.
BOSTON — Lawmakers heard testimony supporting a bill to establish a community health center nurse-practitioner (NP) residency program in Massachusetts, a proposal sponsors said would expand a model that has operated in Worcester since 2009 and improve retention of clinicians in community settings.
Senator John Keenan and Representative Mary Keefe, both sponsors, framed the bill as a response to workforce shortages at community health centers. Keenan cited a 2023 CHI workforce survey showing vacancy rates above 10% for physicians, nurses, physician assistants and social workers at community health centers.
Representative Keefe introduced clinicians from Worcester and Boston to explain a long-running pilot that provides the…
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