Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Rural Residency Planning and Development Program - • Eligible Entity: Graduate Medical Education Consortium • Project Director/Contact Information: Ted Epperly, MD, President, CEO, and DIO, 208-954-8745, tedepperly@fullcircleidaho.org • Residency Program Director/Contact Information: Kim Stutzman, MD, Nampa Program Director, 208-340-0685, kimstutzman@fullcircleidaho.org • Program Pathway: General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway Residency • Residency Specialty Area: Family Medicine • Residency Format: New Rural Training Site to Existing Program • Sponsoring Institution Organization & Location: Full Circle Health, Boise, Idaho • Rural Target Area(s): Elmore & Owyhee Counties, Idaho • Funding Amount Requested: $750,000 • Program Sustainability Option: Option 3: Medicare FTE Resident Cap Expansion for RTPs • Projected Total Number of Residents: 6 total, 2/year • Expected ACGME Accreditation and Residency Matriculation Dates: ACGME Accreditation Spring 2025, first class at core program July 1, 2026, and Graduation 2029 • Funding Priority Points Requested: Priority 1: Geographic Distribution • List of Recent HRSA Awards: o Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program, Grant No. T9BHP45322 o Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, Grants No. T9CHP46030, T9CHP46049, T9CHP49295 o Health Center Infrastructure Support, Grant No. C8ECS43712 Project Overview: Full Circle Health, Inc. (FCH) is seeking funding as a GME consortium to establish a Family Medicine Rural Track Program (Elmore RTP); within an existing program, FCH’s Nampa Family Medicine Residency of Idaho (Nampa Residency). The program will serve the rural populations of Mountain Home, Idaho, spanning across both Elmore and Owyhee Counties. Residents will spend their first year of the program in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho and the second and third years primarily in Mountain Home, Elmore County, Idaho. Both Elmore and Owyhee counties are designated as rural, Primary Care Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) by HRSA, with Medical Underservice Scores of 45.9 (Elmore) and 49.2 (Owyhee). Target Patient Population and Need: Elmore County is ranked #23 and in the lower middle range for health outcomes and health factors. Owyhee County is #38 and among the least healthy counties for health outcomes and health factors in our state. Residents reported several difficulties accessing health care and in addition, our service area is experiencing a primary care provider shortage. Difficulty accessing health care can lead people to neglect their health, especially preventative health. Barriers preventing or limiting an individual’s ability to access health care services can lead to increased poor health outcomes and impact overall health equity. Consortium Partners and Clinical Collaborations: The Elmore RTP will extend across Full Circle Health (ACGME Sponsoring Institution), Nampa Residency (Family Medicine Residency and urban FQHC), St. Luke’s Trinity Mountain Medical (Rural Health Clinic), and St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center (Critical Access Hospital). FCH and St. Luke’s Health System have partnered for 49 years on the delivery of Residency programs, providing a robust, existing infrastructure which aligns with the goals and mission to improve health outcomes across rural Idaho and increase the availability of primary care physicians in Elmore and Owyhee County community. Specific Measurable Objectives and Expected Outcomes: Develop an ACGME accredited Family Medicine Rural Training Program, demonstrate program sustainability through the RTP Cap Adjustment, State of Idaho funding, and patient revenue and track graduates to meet the goals for rural workforce development of >50% of graduates continuing to practice in rural places after graduation.
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