Healthcare Provider Shortage Areas

  

Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are determined by calculating the population to provider ratio in a service area that can be as small as a census tract or as big as a multi-county region. If the population to provider ratio meets federal requirements, the area can be officially designated a HPSA.   A HPSA designation is important because it is used as a qualifier for over 30 federal programs. Some of these programs provide increased Medicaid and/or Medicare re-imbursement and others assist with provider recruitment.   Staff within the Wyoming Office of Rural Health are available to assist underserved communities obtain a HPSA designation if they meet federal requirements.

 

Programs that use HPSA designations - Some of these programs may no longer be active.

 

Maps Updated June 2009

Primary Care HPSA 

Dental HPSA 

Mental Health HPSA

 

Fact Sheet on HPSAs - This is a four page fact sheet from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services