Wisconsin Primary Care Program: Provider Recruitment and Retention

A number of federal and state student loan repayment and scholarship programs are designed to recruit and retain health professionals in areas that have shortages of providers. These programs include:

• National Health Service Corps Scholarship (NHSC)
• National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment (NHSC)
• Wisconsin Health Professions Loan Assistance Program (HPLAP)
• NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program

Provider recruitment and retention resources

Successful recruitment and retention of providers helps to improve and stabilize quality of care for a community. From an organizational perspective, successful recruitment and retention of providers helps an organization avoid costs related to finding a new provider and the subsequent disruption of service delivery. The resources below provide information on developing a successful retention plan.

Wisconsin Provider Recruitment and Retention Webinar Series (PDF)
The webinars topics include: recruitment, calculating retention costs, development of a retention plan, and provider integration and onboarding.

Wisconsin Resources for Provider Recruitment and Retention, P-00410 (PDF)