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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program

($2,074,969)

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: PROJECT GRANTS
Popular Name: Expansion of Physician Assistant Training (EPAT); ACA EPAT
Assistance Listing Number
93.514

Objectives: The Expansion of Physician Assistant Training Program is a five-year initiative to increase the number of physician assistants in the primary care workforce. Grantees are physician assistant education programs that commit to sustaining an increased number of new first year students for five consecutive years. Awards facilitate this expansion by supporting higher enrollment by funding new student stipends, educational expenses, reasonable living expenses, and indirect costs.

 
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