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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-18 - INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-18-.02 - Internal Medicine Residency Capitation Funding

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For the annual provision of capitation
			 funds to designated Internal Medicine Residency Programs, the Board requires
			 the following conditions be met:
(a)
			 Notification of the total number of residents to be trained during an academic
			 year;
(b) Maintenance of approval
			 of the Program by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
			 Education;
(c) Compliance with all
			 Board guidelines, rules, and regulations;
(d) Submission of all reports including, but
			 not limited to, a graduate practice location report, and such other documents
			 as may be reasonably required by the Board and/or outlined in the Georgia Board
			 of Health Care Workforce Report Guidelines;
1.
			 Practice Location of Graduates. The medical school and/or Internal Medicine
			 Residency Program shall annually submit a report to the Board indicating the
			 practice location of each graduate to assist the Board in evaluating the
			 effectiveness of the Program in meeting the need for physicians in Georgia.
(i) Graduate practice location reports shall
			 be due no later than September 1st of each year and
			 include the practice location (city/state), additional training being pursued
			 (e.g., fellowship), military service obligation, other state or federal service
			 obligation (e.g., Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, National Health
			 Services Corp.), or other activity of those residents completing their medical
			 education and training at the medical school or Internal Medicine Residency
			 Program.
(ii) Medical
			 Schools/Internal Medicine Residency Programs shall be expected to monitor,
			 update, and report to the Board, any changes in the practice status of
			 graduates for a period of five years post-graduation.
(e) Development and maintenance of
			 procedures to encourage residents to establish practices in areas of Georgia
			 where unmet need exists for internal medicine physicians; and collaboration to
			 maximize state resources, where appropriate, to carry out said
			 activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-19 - GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-19-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 "General Surgery Residency Program" is a five-year training program after
			 graduation from medical school designed to provide the experience required to
			 train a General Surgery physician as delineated by the Accreditation Council
			 for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in General
			 Surgery.
(2) "Accreditation Council
			 for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)" is the body established to accredit
			 residency programs.
(3)
			 "Institutional, Program and Fellowship Requirements" of the ACGME details the
			 institutional and program requirements for each of the medical specialties and
			 subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified
			 Hospital" means a hospital, or associated hospitals, which meet(s) the ACGME
			 Residency Review Committee (RRC) requirements for a critical mass and mix of
			 hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and financial support adequate to
			 sustain a quality program of General Surgery resident training.
(5) "Underserved Areas" are those geographic
			 areas of the state in which the Board determines there is a shortage of General
			 Surgery physicians.
(6) "Resident"
			 means an individual at any level in an ACGME accredited Graduate Medical
			 Education Program, including subspecialty programs.
(7) "Capitation" means Board funding of
			 designated General Surgery Residency Training Programs based upon a fixed
			 dollar amount per resident times the number of residents in training, with the
			 fixed dollar amount being set by the total state appropriation available for
			 this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs"
			 means those medical education activities supported by the Board and/or funded
			 by the General Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce
			 needs.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-19 - GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-19-.02 - General Surgery Residency Capitation Funding

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For the annual provision of capitation
			 funds to designated General Surgery Residency Programs, the Board requires the
			 following conditions be met:
(a) Notification
			 of the total number of residents to be trained during an academic
			 year;
(b) Maintenance of approval
			 of the Program by the ACGME;
(c)
			 Compliance with all Board guidelines, rules, and regulations;
(d) Submission of all reports including, but
			 not limited to, a graduate practice location report, and such other documents
			 as may be reasonably required by the Board and/or outlined in the Georgia Board
			 of Health Care Workforce Report Guidelines;
1.
			 Practice Location of Graduates. The Medical School and/or General Surgery
			 Residency Program shall annually submit a report to the Board indicating the
			 practice location of each graduate to assist the Board in evaluating the
			 effectiveness of the Program in meeting the need for physicians in Georgia.
(i) Graduate practice location reports shall
			 be due no later than September 1st of each year and
			 include the practice location (city/state), additional training being pursued
			 (e.g., fellowship), military service obligation, other state or federal service
			 obligation (e.g., Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, National Health
			 Services Corp, etc.), or other activity of those residents completing their
			 medical education and training at the Medical School or General Surgery
			 Residency Program.
(ii) The Medical
			 Schools and/or General Surgery Residency Programs shall be expected to monitor,
			 update, and report to the Board, any changes in the practice status of
			 graduates for a period of three years post-graduation.
(e) Development and maintenance of
			 procedures to encourage residents to establish practices in areas of Georgia
			 where unmet need exists for General Surgery physicians; and collaboration to
			 maximize state resources, where appropriate, to carry out said
			 activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.03 - Review Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Administrative Review.
A. The Board staff shall collect and maintain
			 documentation of the following information from GPLRP applicants, including but
			 not limited to:
1. Application form.
2. Full disclosure of all
			 outstanding medical education and training debt.
3. Site assessment form from the practice
			 entity or employer.
4.
			 Documentation of the not-for-profit status of the practice entity.
5. Documentation of the county population
			 where the practice is located.
6.
			 Documentation that the practice is located in a Health Professional Shortage
			 Area.
7. Documentation verifying
			 enrollment in Medicaid.
8.
			 Documentation that the practice is located in a Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce /Georgia Physician Loan Repayment Program targeted county in Georgia.
9. Copy of the contract between
			 the practice entity and the physician or attestation from the physician
			 documenting full time (40+ hours per week) practice in the rural area where the
			 practice is located.
10.
			 Attestation from the applicant that the applicant does not have any other
			 current service obligations.
11.
			 Signed and notarized O.C.G.A. §
										50-36-1(f)(1)(B)
			  Affidavit.
12. One secure and verifiable document under
			 O.C.G.A. §
										50-36-2.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within 10 days following the
			 decision.
B. The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an
Acceptance Form
.
C. Those applicants who accept the loan award
			 shall receive a contract for participation in the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce /Georgia Physician Loan Repayment Program. Each recipient will be
			 allowed 10 days in which to review the contract with an attorney as to its
			 contents if they so choose.
D.
			 Loan awards that are rejected by the applicant shall be made available to the
			 next highest ranking applicant based on the discussion and action taken by the
			 Board.
E. The Board staff shall
			 arrange for all valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive
			 Director and Board Chairman. Such documents shall be notarized and the official
			 seal affixed.
F. One of two fully
			 executed copies of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant and
			 one kept in the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce.
G. Funds shall be paid
			 directly to the financial institution holding the recipient's student loan debt
			 unless payment arrangements are otherwise directed in writing by the Board.
H. The Board staff shall submit a
			 check request to the Georgia Department of Community Health for payment of loan
			 awards approved by the Board and for which a fully executed contract is on file
			 in the Board offices.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-1.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The term of the contract will be two
			 years with two renewals available of one year each, with a four year
			 maximum.
(2) Awards shall be in an
			 amount determined by the Board at the annual meeting of the Board.
(3) Completion of an annual questionnaire is
			 required. Failure to submit required documents will eliminate eligibility for
			 contract renewal.
(4) Service
			 credit will be applied for each year of practice in a Board-approved Georgia
			 community or location.
(5) Each
			 loan repayment recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of
			 his/her current address and telephone number at all times. Failure to do so may
			 result in cancellation of contract and request for payment in full.
(6) The Board has the authority to cancel the
			 contract of any recipient of a loan for cause deemed sufficient by the Board,
			 provided that such authority is not arbitrarily or unreasonable exercised. Upon
			 such cancellation by the Board, the recipient becomes liable for the sum of the
			 following:
(a) the total of the amount paid by
			 the GPLRP to, or on behalf of, the participant for loan repayments for any
			 period of obligated service not served; and
(b) an amount equal to the number of months
			 of obligated service not completed multiplied by $7,500; and
(c) interest on the above amounts at the
			 maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the treasurer of the United
			 States, from the date of breach, except that the amount to recover will not be
			 less than $31,000
(d) the total
			 amount owed is due within one year of the breach.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.06 - Contract Default, Penalty, and Appeals

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Default - a recipient will be considered
			 in default of the contractual obligations of the Georgia Physician Loan
			 Repayment Program under or "including but not limited to" any of the following
			 situations:
(a) The recipient loses his/her
			 Georgia medical license; or restrictions are placed on the recipient's license
			 rendering him/her ineligible to practice full time medicine in agreement with
			 the terms of the GPLRP contract.
(b) The recipient fails to begin professional
			 practice in a Board approved practice location in a medically underserved rural
			 area of Georgia as specified in the contract;
(c) The recipient fails to maintain a full
			 time practice (40+ hours per week) in the Board approved practice location
			 specified in the contract;
(d) The
			 recipient fails to complete the full term if the contractual service obligation
			 in the practice location specified in the contract:
(e) The recipient fails to comply with the
			 annual reporting requirements specified in the contract;
(f) The recipient fails to provide Board
			 staff with access to records or other information necessary to monitor the
			 recipient's compliance with contract terms.
(g) For any cause deemed sufficient by the
			 Board which authority is not to be arbitrarily or unreasonable
			 exercised.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.07 - Monitoring Compliance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board shall monitor compliance
			 primarily through information submitted by the recipient in an annual report,
			 which shall include information about the recipient and about the recipient's
			 practice as it relates to the service obligations of the contract.
B. The Board may also monitor compliance
			 through on-site visits by Board staff or contracted compliance officers to the
			 recipient's practice during the contract period. Such on-site visits may be
			 unannounced.
C. The Board, at its
			 discretion, may monitor compliance through other appropriate means.
O.C.G.A. §
									49-10-1.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.08 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Funds for all awards granted through the
			 Georgia Physician Loan Repayment Program shall be allocated in accordance with
			 the terms of State Loan Repayment Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and
			 Human Services.
(2) Fifty percent
			 of the funds for each award shall be allocated from federal funds awarded to
			 the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce through the U.S. Department of
			 Health and Human Services State Loan Repayment grant and fifty percent of
			 funding from state funds allocated to the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce by the Georgia General Assembly.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-1.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-20 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-20-.09 - Accounting Procedures and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The Georgia Department of Community Health shall maintain
				appropriate records under the terms of the State Loan Repayment grant from the
				U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and in accordance with the
				provisions of the Georgia Administrative Attachment Statute, O.C.G.A. §
								50-4-3.
O.C.G.A. §§
									49-10-1,
				50-4-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-21 - PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-21-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Psychiatry Residency Program" is a four
			 year training program after graduation from medical school designed to provide
			 the experience required to train a psychiatric physician as delineated by the
			 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency
			 Programs in Psychiatrist Medicine.
(2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate
			 Medical Education" is the body established to accredit residency programs.
(3) "Essentials of Accredited
			 Residencies in Graduate Medical Education," a document published by the
			 American Medical Association in its annual Graduate Medical Education
			 Directory, details the institutional and program requirements for each of the
			 medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital" means a hospital, or
			 associated hospitals, which meet(s) the Residency Review Committee of the
			 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for a
			 critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and
			 financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of psychiatric resident
			 training.
(5) "Underserved Areas"
			 are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines there is
			 a shortage of psychiatric physicians.
(6) "Resident" means an individual at any
			 level in an ACGME-aaccredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including
			 subspecialty programs.
(7)
			 "Capitation" means Board funding of designated Psychiatry Residency Training
			 Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the number of
			 residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the total
			 state appropriation available for this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs" means those medical
			 education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General
			 Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-21 - PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-21-.02 - Psychiatry Residency Capitation Funding

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For the annual provision of capitation
			 funds to designated Psychiatry Residency Programs, the Board requires the
			 following conditions be met:
(a) Notification
			 of the total number of residents to be trained during an academic
			 year;
(b) Maintenance of approval
			 of the Program by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
			 Education;
(c) Compliance with all
			 Board guidelines, rules, and regulations;
(d) Submission of all reports including, but
			 not limited to, a graduate practice location report, and such other documents
			 as may be reasonably required by the Board and/or outlined in the GBPW's Report
			 Guidelines;
1. Practice Location of
			 Graduates. The medical school and/or Psychiatry Residency Program shall
			 annually submit a report to the Board indicating the practice location of each
			 graduate to assist the Board in evaluating the effectiveness of the Program in
			 meeting the need for physicians in Georgia.
(i) Graduate practice location reports shall
			 be due no later than September 1st of each year and include the practice
			 location (city/state), additional training being pursued (e.g., fellowship),
			 military service obligation, other state or federal service obligation (e.g.,
			 Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, National Health Services Corp.), or
			 other activity of those residents completing their medical education and
			 training at the medical school or Psychiatry Residency Program.
(ii) Medical Schools/Psychiatry Residency
			 Programs shall be expected to monitor, update, and report to the Board, any
			 changes in the practice status of graduates for a period of five years
			 post-graduation.
(e) Development and maintenance of procedures
			 to encourage residents to establish practices in areas of Georgia where unmet
			 need exists for Psychiatric physicians; and collaboration to maximize state
			 resources, where appropriate, to carry out said activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Medical malpractice insurance" is
			 insurance that covers the physician against claims brought against him/her in
			 cases of alleged professional negligence in delivery of medical
			 treatment.
(2) "Medical Malpractice
			 Premium" A medical malpractice insurance premium is a periodic payment made on
			 a malpractice insurance policy to keep it in good standing.
(3) "Underserved rural area" a Georgia county
			 with a population of 50,000 or less according to the United States decennial
			 census of 2016 or any future such census.
(4) "Grant Program" is the Georgia Board of
			 Health Care Workforce Medical Malpractice Insurance Premium Assistance
			 Program.
(5) "Composite Medical
			 Board" is the Board that licenses physicians in the state of Georgia.
(6) "Full time practice" refers to the
			 minimum number of hours of work required per week to fulfill service
			 obligation. Full time is considered at least 40 clinical hours providing direct
			 patient care during normal clinic hours at the approved practice site. On-call
			 hours are not considered part of the full-time requirement. No more than 7
			 weeks (35 workdays) per year can be spent away from the practice for vacation,
			 holidays, continuing professional education, illness or any other reason.
			 Absences greater than 7 weeks in a service year will extend the service
			 commitment.
(7) "Continuing Medical
			 Education" Continuing medical education consists of educational activities
			 which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and
			 professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide
			 services for patients, the public, or the profession. The content of CME is
			 that body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the
			 profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical
			 medicine, and the provision of health care to the public.
(8) "Board Certified" mean having satisfied
			 the requirements for board certification.
(9) "Weekend or extended hours" Provide
			 weekend or extended hours.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34-20.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.02 - Eligibility Criteria

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) To be eligible to receive a grant under
			 the grant program, a physician shall meet the following qualifications:
(a) Maintain a practice in a medically
			 underserved rural area of the state;
(b) Be licensed to practice in this state and
			 board certified;
(c) Complete a
			 minimum of 100 hours biennially of continuing medical education as approved by
			 the Georgia Composite Medical Board;
(d) Provide weekend or extended hours;
			 and
(e) Accept Medicaid and
			 Medicare patients.
(f) A physician
			 receiving a grant pursuant to the grant program shall agree to practice
			 medicine in such medically underserved rural areas of the state full-time as
			 defined by the Board.
(g) Must meet
			 all other requirements as set forth by the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.03 - Application and Review Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Each applicant must:
(a) Submit a completed application
			 form
(b) Submit proof of
			 malpractice policy and premium
(c)
			 Submit a copy of the contract between the practice entity and the applicant or
			 a letter of attestation from the applicant documenting a commitment to full
			 time (40+ hours per week) practice in the rural community where the practice is
			 located.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within ten (10) days following the
			 decision.
B. The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an Acceptance Form.
C.
			 Those applicants who accept the grant award shall receive a contract for
			 participation in the Program. Each recipient will be allowed 10 days in which
			 to review the contract with an attorney as to its contents if they so choose.
D. Grant awards that are rejected
			 by the applicant shall be made available to the next highest ranking applicant
			 based on the discussion and action taken by the Board.
E. The Board staff shall arrange for all
			 valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Board
			 Chairman. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal affixed.
F. One of two fully executed
			 copies of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant and one kept in
			 the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
G. Funds shall be reimbursed to the recipient
			 upon receipt of payment.
H. The
			 Board staff shall submit appropriate documentation to the Georgia Department of
			 Community Health to process a payment.
I. The Board staff shall maintain appropriate
			 records necessary to account for the expenditure of funds for the
			 Program.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34-20.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The term of the Program contract will be
			 one year of coverage.
B. Awards
			 shall be in an amount determined by the Board at the annual meeting of the
			 Board.
C. Recipients shall provide
			 one year of service in a practice location approved by the Board for each
			 contract.
D. If funds are
			 available, the contract may be renewed up to three times, for a total of four
			 contract years.
E. Annual
			 documentation of the physician's practice location and other information is
			 required to be submitted by the recipient in the form of an annual report to
			 the Board. Failure to submit the annual report will eliminate eligibility for
			 contract renewal.
F. Each
			 recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of his/her current
			 address, email address, and telephone number at all times.
G. The Board has the discretionary power to
			 cancel any contract for cause deemed sufficient by the Board. Upon such
			 cancellation by the Board, the total uncredited amount of the grant paid on
			 behalf of the recipient shall at once become due and payable to the Georgia
			 Board of Health Care Workforce.
H.
			 The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce is vested with full and complete
			 authority to bring an action in its own name against any recipient for any
			 balance due the Georgia Board for Health Care Workforce on any such
			 contract.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34-20.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.06 - Contract Default, Penalty and Appeal

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Default - a recipient will be considered
			 in default of the contractual obligations of the Program under any of the
			 following situations:
(a) The recipient loses
			 his/her Georgia physician license or restrictions are placed on the recipient's
			 license rendering him/her ineligible to practice full-time in agreement with
			 the terms of the contract;
(b) The
			 recipient fails to begin professional practice in a Board approved practice
			 location in a rural community in Georgia as specified in the
			 contract;
(c) The recipient fails
			 to complete the full term of the contractual service obligation in the practice
			 location specified in the contract;
(d) The recipient fails to maintain a
			 full-time practice (40+hours per week) in the Board approved practice location
			 specified in the contract;
(e) The
			 recipient fails to provide Board staff with access to records or other
			 information necessary to monitor the recipient's compliance with contract
			 terms.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.07 - Monitoring Compliance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The
			 Board shall monitor compliance primarily through information submitted by the
			 recipient in an annual report, which shall include information about the
			 recipient and about the recipient's practice as it relates to the service
			 obligations of the contract.
(2)
			 The Board may also monitor compliance through on-site visits by Board staff or
			 contracted compliance officers to the recipient's practice during the contract
			 period. Such on-site visits may be unannounced.
(3) The Board, at its discretion, may monitor
			 compliance through other appropriate means.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34-20.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.08 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Funds for all awards granted through the
			 Medical Malpractice program shall be allocated from funding appropriated to the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce by the Georgia General Assembly for that
			 purpose.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34-20.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-22 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE PREMIUM GRANT PROGRAM › Rule 195-22-.09 - Accounting Procedures and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The
			 Georgia Department of Community Health shall maintain appropriate records in
			 accordance with the provisions of the Georgia Administrative Attachment
			 Statute, O.C.G.A. §
								50-4-3.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34-20.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-23 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-23-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 "Emergency Medicine Residency Program" is a three year training program after
			 graduation from medical school designed to provide the experience required to
			 train an Emergency Medicine physician as delineated by the Accreditation
			 Council for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in
			 Emergency Medicine.
(2)
			 "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)" is the body
			 established to accredit residency programs.
(3) "Institutional, Program and Fellowship
			 Requirements" of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
			 (ACGME) details the institutional and program requirements for each of the
			 medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital" means a hospital, or
			 associated hospitals, which meet(s) the ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC)
			 requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff,
			 facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of
			 Emergency Medicine resident training.
(5) "Underserved Areas" are those geographic
			 areas of the state in which the Board determines there is a shortage of
			 Emergency Medicine physicians.
(6)
			 "Resident" means an individual at any level in an ACGME accredited Graduate
			 Medical Education Program, including subspecialty programs.
(7) "Capitation" means Board funding of
			 designated Emergency Medicine Residency Training Programs based upon a fixed
			 dollar amount per resident times the number of residents in training, with the
			 fixed dollar amount being set by the total state appropriation available for
			 this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs"
			 means those medical education activities supported by the Board and/or funded
			 by the General Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce
			 needs.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-23 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-23-.02 - Emergency Medicine Residency Capitation Funding

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For the annual provision of capitation
			 funds to designated Emergency Medicine Residency Programs, the Board requires
			 the following conditions be met:
(a)
			 Notification of the total number of residents to be trained during an academic
			 year;
(b) Maintenance of approval
			 of the Program by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
			 Education;
(c) Compliance with all
			 Board guidelines, rules, and regulations;
(d) Submission of all reports including, but
			 not limited to, a graduate practice location report, and such other documents
			 as may be reasonably required by the Board and/or outlined in the Georgia Board
			 of Health Care Workforce Report Guidelines;
1.
			 Practice Location of Graduates. The Medical School and/or Emergency Medicine
			 Residency Program shall annually submit a report to the Board indicating the
			 practice location of each graduate to assist the Board in evaluating the
			 effectiveness of the Program in meeting the need for physicians in Georgia.
(i) Graduate practice location reports shall
			 be due no later than September 1st of each year and
			 include the practice location (city/state), additional training being pursued
			 (e.g., fellowship), military service obligation, other state or federal service
			 obligation (e.g., Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, National Health
			 Services Corp, etc.), or other activity of those residents completing their
			 medical education and training at the Medical School or Emergency Medicine
			 Residency Program.
(ii) Medical
			 Schools/Emergency Medicine Residency Programs shall be expected to monitor,
			 update, and report to the Board, any changes in the practice status of
			 graduates for a period of three years post-graduation.
(e) Development and maintenance of
			 procedures to encourage residents to establish practices in areas of Georgia
			 where unmet need exists for Emergency Medicine physicians; and collaboration to
			 maximize state resources, where appropriate, to carry out said
			 activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-24 - MASTERY IN GENERAL SURGERY PROGRAM › Rule 195-24-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 "Mastery in General Surgery (MGS) Program" is a one year program designed by
			 the American College of Surgeons Division of Education to support the
			 transition to independent practice in general surgery through: building
			 autonomy, decision-making, and clinical skills; developing experience in
			 practice management, leadership, and quality improvement; learning the business
			 of medicine; and launching the career of general surgery.
(2) "American College of Surgeons (ACS)" is a
			 scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to
			 improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards
			 for surgical education and practice.
(3) "ACS Division of Education" is a division
			 of the American College of Surgeons that is at the forefront of national and
			 international innovative education and training to promote excellence and
			 expertise in surgery.
(4)
			 "Standards and Guiding Statements" are the statements that describe elements
			 common for all institutions participating in the ACS Mastery in General Surgery
			 Program and should guide the development of new Mastery in General Surgery
			 programs.
(5) "MGS Associate" means
			 a graduate from a US-accredited ACGME general surgery residency program that
			 functions as a junior associate with "back-up" senior associate at all
			 times.
(6) "Accreditation Council
			 for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)" is the body established to accredit
			 residency programs.
(7)
			 "Underserved Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board
			 determines there is a shortage of general surgery physicians.
(8) "General Surgery" means a surgical
			 specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach,
			 small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the
			 thyroid gland.
(9) "Board Programs"
			 means those medical education activities supported by the Board and/or funded
			 by the General Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce
			 needs.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-24 - MASTERY IN GENERAL SURGERY PROGRAM › Rule 195-24-.02 - Mastery in General Surgery Program Funding

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For the annual provision of funds to
			 designated Mastery in General Surgery Programs, the Board requires the
			 following conditions be met:
(a) Notification
			 of the total number of junior associates to be trained during an academic
			 year;
(b) Maintenance of approval
			 of the Program by the American College of Surgeons Division of
			 Education;
(c) Compliance with all
			 Board guidelines, rules, and regulations;
(d) Submission of all reports including, but
			 not limited to, a participant practice location report, and such other
			 documents as may be reasonably required by the Board and/or outlined in the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce Report Guidelines;
1. Practice Location of Program Participants.
			 The MGS Program shall annually submit a report to the Board indicating the
			 practice location of each participant to assist the Board in evaluating the
			 effectiveness of the Program in meeting the need for physicians in Georgia.
(i) MGS program participant practice location
			 reports shall be due no later than September 1st of
			 each year and include the practice location (city/state), additional training
			 being pursued (e.g., fellowship), military service obligation, other state or
			 federal service obligation (e.g., Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce,
			 National Health Services Corp., etc.), or other activity of those program
			 participants completing the MGS program.
(ii) MGS Programs shall be expected to
			 monitor, update, and report to the Board, any changes in the practice status of
			 program participants for a period of five years after completion of the
			 program.
(e)
			 Development and maintenance of procedures to encourage MGS program participants
			 to establish practices in areas of Georgia where unmet need exists for General
			 Surgery physicians; and collaboration to maximize state resources, where
			 appropriate, to carry out said activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-25 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-25-.02 - Eligibility Criteria and Application Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Eligibility Criteria. Program eligibility
			 is limited to applicants who meet the following criteria:
(a) Licensed with no restrictions and in good
			 standing to practice medicine in Georgia by the Georgia Composite Medical
			 Board.
(b) Agree to practice
			 full-time (a minimum of forty hours per week) in a Board-approved practice
			 location in a rural and underserved community in Georgia designated by the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
(c) Must maintain a Georgia Medicaid number
			 and directly actively treat Medicaid and/or Peachcare patients. Recipient will
			 not knowingly restrict Medicaid/Peachcare recipients as part of their
			 practice.
(d) Must not have other
			 contractual service obligations, such as National Health Service Corps
			 Scholarships or Military Service Obligations.
(e) Must have medical education or
			 undergraduate loans for repayment in good standing and must not have any loans
			 in default status even if the creditor now considers the defaulted loan to be
			 in good standing.
(f) Must be
			 eligible to take the exam for board certification from the appropriate
			 specialty board during the first, second, or third service period. Repayment
			 assistance cannot be provided if the physician has not earned and maintained
			 board certification by the fourth year.
(g) Must meet all other requirements the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce sets forth.
(h) Previous award winners in the Physicians
			 for Rural Areas Assistance loan repayment program may apply, provided the sum
			 of their previous awards does not exceed $50,000.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-25 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-25-.03 - Review Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Administrative Review.
(a) The Board staff shall collect and
			 maintain documentation of the following information from PRAA loan repayment
			 program applicants:
1. Application
			 Form
2. Full disclosure of all
			 outstanding medical education and training debt and a copy of the promissory
			 note, which required the loan proceeds to be used to pay for the cost of
			 medical education.
3. Documentation
			 of the county and population where the practice is located.
4. Documentation that the practice will be in
			 a rural Georgia community that needs additional physicians in the applicant's
			 specialty, as determined by the Georgia Board for Physician
			 Workforce.
5. A copy of the
			 contract between the practice entity and the physician or attestation from the
			 physician documenting full-time (40+ hours per week) practice in the rural
			 community where the practice is located.
6. Documentation verifying enrollment in the
			 Georgia Medicaid program.
7.
			 Attestation from the applicant that the applicant does not have any other
			 current service obligations.
8.
			 Attestation from the applicant that the applicant is actively pursuing board
			 certification or provide documentation of board certification.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-25 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-25-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within ten (10) days following the
			 decision.
(2) The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an Acceptance Form.
(3)
			 Those applicants who accept the loan award shall receive a contract for
			 participation in the Georgia Physician Education Loan Repayment Program. Each
			 recipient will be allowed 10 days in which to review the contract with an
			 attorney as to its contents if they so choose.
(4) Loan awards that the applicant rejects
			 shall be made available to the next highest-ranking applicant based on the
			 discussion and action taken by the Board.
(5) The Board staff shall arrange for the
			 Executive Director and Board Chairman to execute all valid and approved
			 contracts.
(6) A fully executed
			 copy of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant via DocuSign, and
			 one will be kept in the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce.
(7) Funds shall be paid
			 directly to the financial institution holding the recipient's student loan debt
			 unless payment arrangements are otherwise directed in writing by the
			 Board.
(8) The Board staff shall
			 submit a payment request to the Georgia Department of Community Health for
			 payment of approved loan awards for which a fully executed contract is on file
			 in the Board offices.
(9) The Board
			 staff shall maintain appropriate records necessary to account for the
			 expenditure of funds for the Georgia Physician Education Loan Repayment
			 Program.
O.C.G.A.
				§
										31-34.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-25 - GEORGIA PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-25-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The term of the GPELRP contract will be
			 four years.
(2) Awards shall be in
			 an amount as follows:
* Year 1 - $25,000 or 15% if the total loan balance is less
				than $150,000
* Year 2 - $35,000 or 20% if the total loan balance is less
				than $150,000
* Year 3 - $40,000 or 30% if the total loan balance is less
				than $150,000
* Year 4 - $50,000 or 35% if the total loan balance is less
				than $150,000
(3) Recipients
			 shall provide one year of service in a practice location approved by the Board
			 before award payment is made.
(4)
			 Once staff has received, reviewed, and approved all required documentation of
			 completion of each year of service, the annual award amount will be processed
			 and mailed to the lender. Required documentation includes, but is not limited
			 to:
(a) Listing showing total patients or
			 total encounters treated by payor class and by place of service (hospital,
			 clinic, etc.) for the service period. For year 1 awards, the previous year's
			 listing will need to be submitted.
(b) Documentation of Practice
			 Location
(c) Annual report of
			 practice operations describing the successes and challenges of the
			 practice.