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Hospital Leaders: Are You Fully Prepared For the Rising Wave of H-1B Onsite Inspections in Healthcare Systems Nationwide? Let’s...

In recent months, hospitals and healthcare systems across the country have seen an increase in random and unannounced worksite inspections by immigration officers, particularly targeting H-1B nonimmigrant worker visa holders....more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Ten Immigration Compliance Tips for Health Care Providers and Businesses

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In today’s complex and rapidly evolving immigration landscape, health care providers and businesses that employ foreign nationals (more than 25% of physicians in the United States are foreign-born) must be proactive in...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

The Role of Immigration in Solving Healthcare Workforce Changes

By Samantha Wolfe The United States faces a critical shortage of healthcare professionals, particularly in rural areas. Hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics struggle to find qualified workers, leading to increased patient...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Leading Age Seeks Action on Senior Matters Before End of Congressional Session

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Leading Age, a community of nonprofit aging service providers, including long-term care organizations and hospices, is seeking congressional action before the swearing in of the incoming 119th Congress (on January 3, 2025),...more

Dickinson Wright

Healthcare in Crisis: Exploring Immigration as a Vital Solution for the United States

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Previously published in Healthcare News and Healthcare Michigan. A recent commentary offers a stark glimpse into future healthcare demands (Harris & Marshall, 2024). During the first two years of the pandemic, the U.S....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2024 #3

News Briefs - New Foreign Nurse Visas Frozen by State Department - The State Department has essentially frozen foreign nurse visas for the rest of the fiscal year amid high demand, and health groups are warning it threatens...more

Clark Hill PLC

July 2024 Visa Bulletin: Keep Calm and Carry On Sponsoring Nurse Green Card Cases

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Foreign nationals and their sponsoring US employers eagerly await the release of the US Department of State (DOS) monthly Visa Bulletin, to confirm when they will be eligible to apply for permanent residence in the US....more

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Potential H-1B Cap-Exempt Options for Healthcare Employers

As the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap season quickly approaches, it is worth remembering that certain employers of healthcare professionals, such as healthcare systems and hospitals, may be eligible for H-1B cap-exemption....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

UK Immigration Changes Announced to Cut Net Migration

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On Monday, 4 December 2023, the UK government announced a new plan to cut migration levels to the UK with the intention to ensure that “around 300,000 people who came to the UK last year would now not be able to come.”...more

Dickinson Wright

Major Nursing Shortages? Foreign National Nursing Intervention as a Plan of Care.

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Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40,  No. 11 - The nursing profession’s vital signs are unstable and require an intervention. The single largest occupation of health care workers is Registered Nurses (RN)....more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] The Time is Now: Foreign Nurse Immigration Sponsorship and the US Healthcare Staffing Crisis - November 15th, 9:00 am PT

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The healthcare industry is facing a nurse staffing crisis in the wake of the pandemic. Many US healthcare facilities are looking abroad to meet the demand for patient care, but are unsure about how visa processing delays...more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Update: 22 Essential Items on Your August To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

To Relieve Healthcare Workers Shortage, Congress Considers Recapturing Unused Visas

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The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA) has been introduced in the Senate again. The bill would recapture 15,000 immigrant visas for doctors and 25,000 for nurses. The bill has bipartisan support. Introduced by...more

Jackson Walker

Impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. Immigration and Travel Policies

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COVID-19 has caused significant disruptions in every aspect of our daily lives. Several policies have been enacted, affecting millions of foreign national workers, both in the U.S. and abroad, along with the businesses that...more

Foster Garvey PC

Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

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Companion pieces of legislation have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate that aim to alleviate some of the long delays for medical professionals seeking to live and work in the United States...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

H-1B Visa Processing Delays Underscored By Extraordinary Need For Healthcare Workers

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Processing delays for immigration cases have increased by 46 percent in the past two fiscal years and 91 percent since FY 2014. Businesses complain that they cannot obtain H-1B visas for key employees. Congress is looking...more

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