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Primary Care Program (PCO)
- Assists communities in improving access to primary healthcare in Georgia’s rural and urban underserved areas
- Partners with the Georgia Association for Primary Healthcare, Inc. (PCA) (www.gaphc.org)
- Helps plan for new and/or expanded community health centers (CHCs)
- Assesses primary care needs and shares data and resources
- Assists communities in applying for federal designation for assistance with recruiting of healthcare providers (www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/index.htm)
- Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation types
- Primary Care
- Dental
- Mental Health
- Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) categories of designation types
- Geographic – areas eligible for a 10 percent additional incentive payment in Medicare reimbursements for outpatient care
- Population – poverty, low income, Medicaid-eligible, migrant and homeless
- Facility
- Medically Undeserved Areas/Populations (MUAs)
- Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs)
- Partners with Federal entities to assist underserved communities with recruiting and retaining physicians and other allied-health professionals:
- Primary Care Access Plan
- Georgia Enumeration Study - Updated 10/17/08