New Doctors En Route

With $20 million gift, Partners HealthCare launches program to attract physicians to Massachusetts community health centers.
The Boston Globe (1/9, Kowalzcyk) reported, "With a $20 million gift from Robert and Myra Kraft, Partners HealthCare is launching a program to attract doctors and nurses to Massachusetts community health centers, the cornerstone of the push to reduce health costs and care for newly insured patients." The Globe explained, "The gift to Partners HealthCare System Inc. will be used to pay off up to $50,000 of the medical school loans of physicians and nurse practitioners, as well as finance fellowships in targeted specialties and for master's degrees." But, "in return, caregivers must work for two to three years in a health center or other community-based setting to care for needy patients."