Teaching health center (THC) graduate medical education (GME) payment program

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Great Salt Plains Health Center $2,083,370 on March 1, 2026, under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CFDA 93.530) to establish and operate a new Family Medicine residency program at the organization's East Enid Ambulatory Clinic in Garfield, Oklahoma.

The residency program trains primary care physicians in a community-based setting serving a medically underserved population facing high poverty rates, significant uninsured populations, and substantial health disparities. The program operates as a new ACGME-accredited Family Medicine residency, anticipated to receive accreditation approval in October 2024, in partnership with the Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma as the sponsoring institution. Great Salt Plains Health Center, a federally qualified health center based in Cherokee, Oklahoma, operates the program independently and received prior funding through an FY 2022 Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Grant to support development and accreditation preparation.

The period of performance runs from March 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. THCGME awards are assessed annually based on residency full-time equivalent slots, with payment amounts subject to reconciliation at the end of each budget period based on reported resident FTEs.

Abstract

Teaching health center graduate medical education (THCGME) application hrsa-25-077 (UEI: RCSCYVX63LP7) 1. Name of the training program: great salt plains health center family medicine residency program 2. Discipline of the residency program: family medicine 3. Type of application: new THCGME applicant 4. Eligible entity type: federally qualified health center with sponsoring institution and anticipated ACGME accreditation approval in october 2024; operating the residency program alone 5. Year program first began training residents: N/a, new program 6. Organizational website: https://WWW.gsphealth.ORG/residency-program 7. Brief overview: great salt plains health center (GSP health) is a federally qualified health center. GSP health received a FY 2022 teaching health center planning and development grant and has worked with its sponsoring institution, the osteopathic medical education consortium of oklahoma (OMECO), to complete its application to the accreditation council for graduate medical education (ACGME) as well as the site visit which took place on february 13, 2024. GSP health's family medicine residency program is on the ACGME's october 2024 family medicine RRC agenda and is anticipated to be approved at this meeting. The GSP health family medicine residency program will be based at GSP health's east enid ambulatory clinic located in garfield, oklahoma, which serves a medically underserved area (MUA ID: 02772). Patients served by GSP health face numerous health disparities, including high rates of patients living in poverty or at low-income levels, high rates of persons who are uninsured, and high percentages of patients who are racial and ethnic minorities. Patients present with a wide variety of concerns and often cases involve highly complex combinations of pathology requiring a significant level of care coordination. GSP health's family medicine residency program will use a clinic first model with residents completing 2 weeks of clinic and 2 weeks of specialty rotation in each 4-week block. Each resident will be assigned their own panel of patients and will be involved with the medical needs and care coordination. They will learn how to properly diagnose, manage, and integrate the care of patients of all ages in various inpatient settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation facilities as well as various outpatient settings, including the ambulatory care site and home setting. Partnering sites for the residency program include: integris health enid hospital, oklahoma state university medical center, saint francis health system, ST. Mary's regional medical center, enid eye clinic, northwest oklahoma orthopedic clinic, northwest pediatrics, cardiovascular health clinic, enid lung and kidney clinic, enid pain and spine, and golden oaks village. 8. Total resident FTE positions requested under this program: 12 (4-4-4), 16 total over the project period, july 1, 2025 to june 30, 2029. 9. Resident FTE positions requested to be funded for the first AY of funding: 4 (4-0-0) 10. Rotation sites: residents within the applicant residency training program will not perform rotations at a hospital rotation site that has not provided resident training in any prior academic year.