The expansion will benefit the country’s 1,300 critical access hospitals, according to a White House news release. According to the release, the addition of one primary care physician in a rural community generates approximately $1.5 million in annual revenue and creates 23 jobs annually.
Read the release on the National Health Service Corps loan repayment program.
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