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Adams & Reese

Bridging the Healthcare Gap: Dissecting the Bipartisan Doctors in Our Borders Act

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The U.S. healthcare system stands at a critical juncture. Projections estimate a deficit of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036, threatening access to care, especially in underserved communities. The bipartisan Doctors in Our...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Healthcare in the West Is on Life Support: Legislative and Immigration Barriers Leave Physician Gaps Unfilled

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Across the Mountain West—Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming—physician shortages are straining healthcare systems, particularly in rural and frontier communities. In response, state legislatures in the...more

Dickinson Wright

A State-Based Cure – Interested Government Agency J-1 Waivers For Physicians

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Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41,  No. 1 - Recently, the president of the American Medical Association, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, stated in a national address that the physician shortage long-feared is...more

Clark Hill PLC

Recent Changes to California’s J-1 Waiver Program Have Significant Consequences for Healthcare Employers and Foreign Physicians

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The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) recently announced a series of changes to the California Conrad 30 J-1 waiver program that have important implications for healthcare employers in...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

J-1 Waivered Physicians: Meeting Patient Needs

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Health care employers in many areas of the U.S. continue to have difficulty recruiting physicians to meet patient needs. One option that may be useful to health care employers when a U.S. physician cannot be recruited is...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Maryland Extends J-1 Conrad 30 Waiver Application Deadline

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Maryland health care employers and J-1 physicians who commit to serve the underserved in Maryland and who missed the Dec. 1 J-1 Conrad 30 waiver application deadline are in luck: The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

J-1 Waiver Options For Physicians Expanded Through Regional Commissions

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As this blog has touched on from several different perspectives over the years, one perpetual issue facing International Medical Graduates who come to the United States on J-1 exchange visas to engage in residency/fellowship...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

New ACGME recognition for non-standard training of J-1 exchange visitor physicians

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New ACGME recognition for non-standard training of J-1 exchange visitor physicians - International medical graduates who seek entry into U.S. programs of graduate medical education (GME) or training must obtain an...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Judge Says Canadian Physicians Are Eligible for H-1B Admission Regardless of the J-1 Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement

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A federal judge in New York has ruled that Canadian physicians who are subject to the J-1 two-year foreign residency requirement may enter the United States in H-1B status, even though they have not spent two years in Canada...more

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Health Care Organizations and Immigration: Employer Considerations

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Health care organizations of all types, including hospitals, health systems, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and research universities, seek to employ the best and the brightest to deliver quality care and pursue the...more

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