Recruitment & Retention

Practice Management Technical Assistance
The Mission of the Practice Management Program is to improve retention of primary care practices in the targeted region by optimizing financial viability. This project offers technical assistance services through program coordinators trained in Practice Management Technical Assistance, PMTA.  These PMTA coordinators focus on improving the operational and financial efficiency of certified rural health clinics, community health centers, and primary care and specialist private practices in the targeted region.  The PMTA coordinators provide technical assistance through both group workshops and individual consultations focused on business aspects of practice management.  Services offered include on-site practice assessment and focused reviews of a specific operational area; e.g., patient flow, billing and collections, and HIPAA compliance.  Follow-up visits are made to evaluate the effectiveness of the recommendations and provide referrals to connect practices with other resources.

The Practice Management Program currently offers services to 16 counties in East Texas with a population of almost a half million people.  Eight of the counties are designated as geographic HPSA, and six of the counties are designated as partial low-income population HPSA.  The goal of the Project is to support seven (7) trained PMTA coordinators providing PMTA services to 111 counties in East Texas.

Progress Report        

Practice Sites Recruitment Support Team
The Practice Sites Support Team consists of the ETRAP Regional Recruiter and staff from Texas DSHS Community Health Provider Resources, the Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA), and the East Texas AHEC.  The Team will continue its efforts in marketing the medical placement software and program to medical societies, residency, physician assistant and nurse practitioner programs, council of government offices, and economic development organizations.

To post primary care opportunities in your community, please see below for contact information.

Progress Report    Texas Practice Sites 

Texas Practice Sites Forms
Dental Interview Form
Mid-level Interview Form
Physicians Interview Form
Recruitment Agreement
Recruitment Assistance Form
  

TDH Accent on Health          

Regional Recruiter

The regional recruiter provides hands on assistance to communities and health providers in their efforts to recruit health care providers in their communities. Through collaboration with the Texas Primary Care Office, the Texas Rural Health Office, and the East Texas AHEC, the Practice Sights medical software is being utilized statewide and has proven to be a useful tool in the recruitment of providers to underserved areas. 

Texas Toolbox for Community Health Development

The newly revised web-based version of this project was enhanced to provide communities with links to resources to assist them in their recruiting efforts. Topics range from assessing communities needs to recruitment and retention of physicians and other healthcare providers to economic development issues that directly effect local and regional community health systems.

The Texas Toolbox website and previous versions of the Toolbox were researched and written by Lake Country Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and The East Texas Rural Access Program (ETRAP) through funding provided by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

For additional information visit http://www.texastoolbox.info/contact.htm and submit your questions on-line.