Program Status: Application cycle is closed

CalHealthCares is currently working with the Department of Health Care Services to finalize the award determinations. Award and non-award notification statuses will be sent via email from CalHealthCares@phcdocs.org. We encourage all applicants to bookmark this email address to prevent program emails from being routed to your spam folder.    

Awardee Resources

• General
  • CalHealthCares Grant Guidelines
  • Awardee Update Employment Verification Form (EVF): Dentist | Physician (solely for current awardees)
  • Extenuating Circumstance (EC) Form
  • Instructions for Reporting Loan Changes
  • Medi-Cal Documentation Attestation Form
  • Standard (STD) 204: Instructional Guide | Sample Form | Form Walkthrough | Webinar (08/23/21)
• Annual Review 
  • Annual Review Checklist and Resource Guide 
  • Annual Review SmartSimple Form Template
  •  Annual Review (AR) Employment Verification Form (EVF): Dentist | Physician (solely for current awardees) 
• Semi-Annual Review  
  • Semi-Annual Review (SAR) Employment Verification Form (EVF): Dentist | Physician (solely for current awardees)

Application Resources 

• Recorded Webinars
• Loan Repayment Program (LRP)  
  • LRP Application Instructions 
• Practice Support Grant (PSG) 
  • Flyer 
  • Business Plan Guidelines 
  • PSG Application Instructions 
• General Application Materials 
  • CalHealthCares Grant Guidelines
  • FAQ's: Dentist | Physician 
  • How To: Calculate Patient Caseload
  • How To: Enroll as a Medi-Cal Provider
  • How To: Obtain Loan Total Payoff Balance
  • Scoring Matrix

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Impact

CalHealthCares administers loan repayment on educational debt for California physicians and dentists who provide care to Medi-Cal patients. It is a publicly funded program through voter-approved tobacco tax revenues (Proposition 56 in 2016) and administered by Physicians for a Healthy California. CalHealthCares has awarded 859 physicians and dentist across three cohorts who serve Medi-Cal patients through various California counties. CalHealthCares is entering its fifth application cycle, FY 2022-2023, in which the program strives to continue increasing access to care for Medi-Cal patients.  

FY 2018-19 Cohort 1: Infographics | Physician Fact Sheet | Dentist Fact Sheet
FY 2019-20 Cohort 2: Infographics | Physician Fact Sheet | Dentist Fact Sheet
FY 2020-21 Cohort 3: Infographics | Physician Fact Sheet | Dentist Fact Sheet
FY 2021-22 Cohort 4: Infographics | Physician Fact Sheet | Dentist Fact Sheet

Eligibility 

• Have an unrestricted license and be in good standing with their licensing board
• Be an active enrolled Medi-Cal provider without existing suspensions, disbarments or revocations or have applied to DHCS to become a Medi-Cal provider
• Have graduated within the last five years (January 1, 2018) or will be graduating from a residency or fellowship program no later than June 30, 2023. For dentist applying to the Practice Support Grant must have graduated from dental school or residency program within the last fifteen years (January 1, 2008)
• Have existing educational loan debt incurred while pursuing a medical or dental degree, or have an existing dental practice and willing to relocate, expand or establish a new practice to a target county
• Not participating in another disqualifying loan repayment program or practice support grant as of August 1, 2023
• Not concurrently participating in a residency or fellowship program as of July 1, 2023
• Practice in California or willing to relocate to practice in California
• Be employed, self-employed or have a validated offer of employment by August 1, 2023
• Maintain a patient caseload comprised of a minimum of 30 percent Medi-Cal beneficiaries and within 10 percent of the Medi-Cal patient caseload proposed in their application