Due to technical difficulties, the application deadline for the inaugural cycle of the CalHealthCares loan repayment program has been extended to Friday May 3, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. 

The program incentivizes physicians to provide care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries by repaying educational debt up to $300,000 in exchange for a five-year service obligation. All awardees will be required to maintain a patient caseload of 30 percent or more Medi-Cal beneficiaries. 

The program—which aims to increase access to care for California’s 13 million Medi-Cal patients—was made possible by Proposition 56, which provided a one-time allocation of $220 million for state loan repayment programs. The California Department of Health Care Services has contracted with Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) to administer the loan repayment program.

Awardees must:

• Have an unrestricted license and be in good standing with your licensing board (Osteopathic Medical Board of California or Medical Board of California)
• Be an active enrolled Medi-Cal provider without suspensions, disbarments or revocations; or have submitted an application to DHCS to become a Medi-Cal provider
• Have graduated from a physician residency program and/or completed a fellowship within the past five-years (on or after January 1, 2014)
• Have an existing educational loan debt incurred while pursuing a medical degree
• Not currently be participating in another loan repayment program
• Practice in California
• If awarded, maintain a patient caseload of 30% or more Medi-Cal beneficiaries

The program is also open to dentists and dental residents.

Please visit CalHealthCares.org for more information.