Family Practice Program Budget Narrative

REVENUE

The statewide program's appropriation for FY 2024 is $2,220,598, which is the same as FY 2023. Non-appropriated interest income is estimated at $7,500. Total revenues, therefore, are anticipated to be $2,228,098.  Eighty percent (80%) of the appropriated funds ($1,776,478) are scheduled for grants to the UI-affiliated community-based family medicine residency training centers consistent with statutory requirements, and 20% of the appropriation ($444,120 plus $7,500 in interest income = $451,620) will be spent on University-sponsored activities in support of the community-based training programs.  The Carver College of Medicine Office of Statewide Clinical Education Programs provides educational, administrative and research support for the community sites.

EXPENDITURES

  • Statewide UI Affiliated Family Medicine Residency Support               $1,776,478
  • CCOM Office of Statewide Clinical Education Programs (OSCEP) support for statewide family practice residency programs          $451,620

$1,776,478 – Statewide UI Affiliated Family Medicine Residency Support

This funding goes directly to each of the UI Affiliated Family Medicine Residency Programs across Iowa.  Each of the six residency programs receives $296,080 to support the ongoing operations at each site producing board eligible family medicine physicians.

The goal of this program is to improve access to primary health care services across the state of Iowa through recruiting and retaining these graduates to practice throughout the state.  This program serves as a great example of a successful public – private partnership with over 95% of the financial support provided by the local hospitals and their clinical operations.

The UI Affiliated Statewide Family Practice Network is now in Davenport, Waterloo, Mason City, Sioux City and two in Des Moines (Iowa Lutheran and Broadlawns).  There are 48 positions for new family practice residents each year, replacing 48 graduates each year (including UIHC in Iowa City, which does not receive this funding) for a three-year total of 144 residents in training.

$385,931 – Total Salaries and Benefits

The salaries and benefits in the Office of Statewide Clinical Education Programs total $385,931.  These four full time positions and one part-time position provides support to the Statewide Family Practice Program.

$65,689 – General Expenses

The balance of $65,689 is for a range of services. The largest expenditure is for the Visiting Professor Program.  This funding allows the statewide program to provide a small honorarium to faculty who temporarily leave their regular duties at the University of Iowa to lecture/present as visiting professors at the community-based programs across Iowa. In addition to the small honorarium, the Visiting Professors are compensated for the cost of their travel.

In addition, this covers costs for UI CCOM staff to travel to the sites within the statewide network as needed and faculty and staff from the statewide network are paid the cost of their travel several times a year to the University of Iowa or other sites for various educational purposes.