Alaska’s SHARP Program
SHARP Council – Member Statement
AK State Hospital & Nursing Hm Assoc
Medical and Behavioral Healthcare
Hospitals, related Clinics, & Nursing Homes
Physician, Pharmacist, Psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PA, NP,
RN, Midwife, PT
ANMC, API, ASNA, BBAHC, BRH, CDV-CMC, NSHC, Peacehealth,
Providence, PMC, YKHC
Anchorage, Gulf Coast, Northern, Southeast, Southwest &
Statewide
Organization
Representative
Membership
Email Address
Occupation Categories
Practice Setting Types
Experience Thus Far
Occupations To-Date
Practitioner Contracts #:
Practice Sites: Examples
Regions Thus Far
Testimony
SHARP’s Success To-Date
Need for SHARP-3
The SHARP program is helping Alaska’s hospitals to ensure an adequate supply of
healthcare providers and is an important tool to help with recruitment and retention.
SHARP-2 has supported non-tribal, small rural hospitals who are not eligible for
other loan repayment programs. Participating clinicians can work in a greater
variety of healthcare sites, in varied types of practice, are not confined to HPSA
locations, and have longer (three-year) service contracts.
SHARP-3 will support a variety of practice settings, locations (especially those not
eligible as a HPSA or other federal programs) and provider types. We need use
whatever tools are available to support healthcare organizations to recruit and
retain employees. SHARP-3 will expand the use of federal tax exemption for
education loan repayment and enhance the number and variety of financial
contributors. There is a need to give local control to allow communities to designate
funds to support recruitment of providers. SHARP-3 utilizes the existing SHARP
infrastructure while maximizing contributions from local communities or
foundations.
