Primary Care Office
Mission
The mission of the Kansas Primary Care Office is to assure that all Kansans have adequate access to quality primary health care services. Primary health care includes medical, dental, mental health, and other services. Primary care should provide an individual with a broad spectrum of care, both preventive and curative, over a period of time and coordinate all of the health care an individual receives. The Primary Care Office (PCO) works to ensure that all Kansans have access to appropriate and available primary care services through examining the larger health care delivery system and through collaboration with public and private partnerships.
The office has four staff:
- Barbara Huske, Primary Care Office Director, telephone (785) 296-2742 or email at: bhuske@kdheks.gov
- Angela German, Primary Care Clinic Program Coordinator, phone: (785) 296-3135 or email at: agerman@kdheks.gov
- Vacant, Workforce Coordinator, telephone: (785) 368-8110 or email at:
State Primary Care Offices are funded in part by the Department of Health and Human Services. These offices are located in state departments of health to represent the needs of the underserved populations and the health professionals who serve them. Click here to see a list of Federal Cooperative Agreement expectations for state Primary Care Offices please.
If you are:
- An individual interested in a career in primary care
- A current primary care health professional
- An individual in need of health care services
- A local communitiy or primary care clinic
- A State agency, researcher, or in need of information or data related to primary care workforce and access issues
PCO Programs
- Charitable Health Care Provider Program
- FQHC Look-Alike Program Description
- J-1 Visa Waiver Review Program
- Primary Care Clinics Grant Program
- State Loan Repayment
- The Unused Medications Program/Repository
- Community-Based Primary Care Clinic Program
- Find a Clinic
- Kansas Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC )Map (.pdf)
- Kansas Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)List (.pdf)
- National Health Service Corps: Recruitment and Loan Repayment Assistance
- Primary Care Office
- Shortage Area Designation: HPSAs and MUA/MUP
- State-Funded Primary Care Clinics pdf
Student Loan Repayment and Scholarships
- Kansas Board of Regents Scholarships and Grants
- Kansas Nursing Service Scholarships Guide
- Kansas Optometry Service Scholarship
- Kansas Osteopathy Medical Service Scholarship
- Minority Student Assistance FAQ´s
- National Health Service Corps Loans & Scholarships
- National Health Service Corps Loans (Clinicians)
- National Health Service Corps Scholarships
- Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
Health Professional Recruitment
- Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
- Federal HPSA Database
- Federal MUA/MUP Database
- Federal Workforce Reports
J-1 Waiver
- US Dept of State J-1 Visa Waiver Program
- J-1 Visa Information Guide: Rural Assistance Center
- Division of Shortage Designation
- Kansas Board of Healing Arts
