Physician Loan Repayment Program

Loan repayment is made possible by the State of Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Training Commission in order to offer the following benefits:

• Assistance to Oklahoma licensed primary care physicians who agree to establish a practice in a rural community located in Oklahoma approved by the Commission.
• Access to medical care and services to Oklahoma citizens in rural and underserved areas with special emphasis to Medicaid and Medicare recipients.

Applicant must:

• Be licensed to practice medicine in Oklahoma.
• Be a primary care physician. Primary care includes family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology or emergency medicine. (general surgery pending)
• Have legitimate, documented medical educational loans through an educational loan institution.
• Not have any service obligation that would conflict with this obligation.
• Not be currently practicing in a rural Oklahoma community.
• Must practice full time in a rural community. To qualify as a rural community, the city must be located in Oklahoma and must fall outside of a 30-mile radius of Tulsa and a 35-mile radius of Oklahoma City. Lawton is also excluded due to its significant population and urban infrastructure. 

$200,000.00 maximum for four years.
$50,000 first year, $50,000 second year, $50,000 third year, and $50,000 final year.
Based on amount of educational loans to be repaid.

Lump sum yearly payments are made at the conclusion of each obligated practice year. Financial assistance may be extended to a maximum of four years. This a public/private sponsored program.

Physicians on Loan Repayment should reside in or near the community area in which they serve.