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Loan Repayment Program

State Program Helps You Recruit Physicians with Tax-Free Sign-On Bonuses

When recruiting your next medical, dental, or mental health care provider, ask if they’d prefer to receive just your taxable sign on bonus, or receive double that amount (up to $50,000) in tax-free educational loan repayment.

How can you offer this opportunity to your new recruits? You can offer this choice through the Michigan State Loan Repayment Program (MSLRP). During the current application period, you and your provider can apply for a Sign-On Bonus Loan Repayment Contract. Federal Funds are still available to match your sign-on bonus dollar for dollar.

How do you get started? First, read the information below and then call Ken Miller, MSLRP Analyst, at 517-241-9946 for assistance in applying for a Sign-On Bonus Loan Repayment Contract.

What are the benefits of recruiting with Sign-On Bonus Loan Repayment Contracts?

  • Helps you recruit high-demand providers, while you save on recruitment fees
  • Doubles the amount of your sign-on bonus
  • Turns double your sign-on bonus into tax-free loan repayment for your recruits
  • Contracts are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, until all funds are committed
  • You receive expedited application review, eligibility determination and contract execution
  • The MSLRP Analyst works along with you and your provider during the application process
  • The MSLRP Analyst works with you to customize contract terms designed to meet your organization’s recruitment needs
    • Contracts may start as soon as the first of the month following eligibility determination and employment
    • Flexible loan repayment amounts up to $50,000 for the first 2 years
    • Flexible contract lengths, with re-contracting options up to 3 or 4 years
    • Flexible provider payment schedules allowing providers to receive:
      • The full contract amount up front, to help you compete for recruits in competitive situations, or
      • Six-month installments, to help conserve cash flow.

Provider Eligibility Requirements: 

  • Eligible providers include: Dentists, Primary Care Physicians - Family Practice, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics - CNMs, NPs, PAs, Psychiatrists, MSWs and other masters-level mental health care providers 
  • Must provide direct primary care on a full-time basis 
  • Initial contracts must be for a minimum of 2-years, with a corresponding service obligation 

Practice Site Eligibility Requirements: 

  • Must be part of a public or private not-for-profit organization 
  • Must be located in a Health Professional Shortage Area 
  • Must serve an ambulatory primary care patient population 
  • Must accept Medicare, Medicaid and have a sliding-fee scale 
For more information, call Ken Miller at the MDCH State Loan Repayment Program at 517-241-9946 or visit www.michigan.gov/mislrp. 

*Please Note: Federal requirements do not allow MSLRP contracts to be used as a salary offset. Salaries for health professionals participating in the MSLRP must be based on prevailing rates in your area. 

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As part of CCB, and having become known in the HOD as a trusted and respected parliamentarian and advisor, he has been actively sought out by sections and delegations for his expertise and counsel, to ensure their concerns are met and can be adopted by the House. His commitment to open, fair and unbiased discussion and debate empowers colleagues wherever he leads, including in our House of Delegates.

ACEP
In addition to his commitments to MSMS, the AMA and CCB, Pino participates in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Section Council. This allows him to stay informed about the latest issues facing their specialty and the broader medical landscape across the country. The council comprises representatives from all over the US, who bring unique perspectives and experiences to the table, and gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing emergency medicine in different regions, and work collaboratively to develop solutions and best practices. This also allows him to build relationships across the country, which are key to getting the House to “yes.”

MSMS
Dr. Colone has been an active member of the AMA since his first year of medical school. He served as Chair of the Medical Student Section, Resident and Fellows Section, and the Young Physician Section of the Michigan State Medical Society, as well as representing each of those sections as delegate from MSMS to the AMA. He has served on the Michigan Delegation to the AMA for almost 30 years, and on the MSMS Board of Directors for 11 years during that time. He is also a recipient of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award.

In addition to influencing the national debate, Dr. Colone served as president of his county and state medical societies during times of crisis. He led his county medical society during the Flint water crisis and MSMS during the COVID pandemic from 2021-2022, standing up to outside efforts by lay persons and legislators and standing by science for the safety and betterment of the public. During his presidency he led a coalition of 50 patient and health care organizations to achieve comprehensive prior authorization reform removing barriers and improving the health of all Michiganders.

President of MSMS: Pino took the helm of MSMS as President during a tumultuous time. The COVID pandemic was entering its second year. Effective and, more importantly, ineffective treatments, were becoming better known, better understood, as physicians were learning every day how to best save lives. He stood by science and resisted pressures and endorsed science based treatments based on what we’d learned, over unproven, and even dangerous, treatments.

Health Can’t Wait Initiative: Pino advanced the Health Can’t Wait Initiative as President of MSMS, a coalition of over 50 health-focused groups that saw the successful passage of comprehensive prior authorization reform into law.

Read more about the coalition here

Organizations involved in the coalition 

PA Reform Signed into Law

“Today is a wonderful day for Michigan patients who can now rest easy knowing insurance company prior authorization practices will no longer prove to be an impassable roadblock between them and the timely care and treatment they too often desperately need," said MSMS President Pino Colone, MD. “Speaking on behalf of providers, patient advocacy groups and patients across the state, I want to thank Governor Whitmer and Michigan’s lawmakers for recognizing the need for reform in this area and then working to craft and enact legislation that delivers. In signing SB 247, Governor Whitmer has ushered in a new era where transparency, clinical validity and fairness to patients will all be factored into the prior authorization process, protecting Michigan patients from costly and dangerous delays in access to health care. Officially signing this bill into law is a tremendous—and much needed—win for countless Michigan patients and the providers who serve them.”

Scope of Practice: He has testified on scope of practice helping legislators understand that nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) do not have the training or education to safely care for our families, and that medical school matters. (include the graphic from the article) and link the article: https://www.mha.org/newsroom/tag/pino-colone/

Pino spent six years as chair of the MSMS Task Force on Opioid Stewardship, advocating for naloxone to be available to residents of Michigan without a prescription, collaborating with colleagues and state officials, and disseminating timely and accurate information to MSMS members. In this role, he was pivotal in shaping MSMS’s strategic plan to reduce opioid-related overdose, eliminate stigma, and support harm reduction efforts by fighting to make naloxone available over the counter.

He was also a member of the MSMS Executive Task Force on Health Care Disparities. 

Genesee County Medical Society
Pino was also president of the GCMS during the water crisis of its largest city, Flint. He led efforts by the Society to disseminate accurate information about lead in drinking water and its effects on health. With the city and state in the national spotlight, Pino stood firm against pressure from government officials to endorse what would later prove to be flawed information, putting the expertise of his physician colleagues and the safety of local residents first.
Read more about Pino’s service as county medical society president below: 

§  November 2020 GCMS Bulletin 

§  December 2020 GCMS Bulletin

§  January 2020 GCMS Bulletin

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§  March 2020 GCMS Bulletin 

§  April 2020 GCMS Bulletin

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§  June 2020 GCMS Bulletin

§  July 2020 GCMS Bulletin

§  August 2020 GCMS Bulletin

§  September 2020 GCMS Bulletin

§  October 2020 GCMS Bulletin

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