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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - May 2024 #1

News Briefs - Hospitals, Physicians at Odds Over FTC Noncompete Ban - The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompetes nationwide has implications for hospitals and physician practices, with representatives from...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

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

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Maryland Extends J-1 Conrad 30 Waiver Application Deadline

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

Roetzel & Andress

The Impact of Immigration Laws on Health Care Professionals and Entrepreneurs

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Host Ericka Adler, Roetzel shareholder and Health Law Practice Group Leader, is joined by Fiona McEntee, Managing Attorney at the McEntee Law Group, for a discussion of immigration challenges doctors, dentists and other...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Meeting Patient Needs With J-1 Waivered Physicians

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We hear the reports daily. COVID-19 cases are spiking nationwide. Hospitals and health care facilities are at maximum capacity. Even with progress toward the availability of a vaccine, it’s not clear exactly when things...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

New USCIS Policy Eases Rules On J-1 Waiver Physicians Employed In H-1B Status

Health care providers are struggling with an acute shortage of physicians in medically underserved areas. Foreign-trained doctors in the J-1 exchange visa program play a critical role in filling this gap. As a result, the...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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - November 2019

Congress returns to Washington this week after the Thanksgiving recess to find a feast of leftover legislative items still on the table. Congress has a limited number of days remaining on the 2019 legislative calendar to...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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Littler Global Guide - United Arab Emirates - Q3 2018

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The UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MHRE) has recently issued a Ministerial Resolution No. 31 of 2018 Introducing Part-Time Employment Contract System. The Part-Time Resolution allows an employee employed...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Health Care Organizations and Immigration: Employer Considerations

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Congress Considers Halting Job Flexibility Rule, Bill to Change Employer H-1B Exemption Eligibility

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Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has introduced two pieces of legislation to watch. - The Midnight Rules Relief Act, H.R. 21, would allow Congress to overturn any regulations en masse that were finalized or will...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Immigration Alert: January 2013

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In this issue: - H-1B Nonimmigrant Season Opens on April 1, 2013, for Fiscal Year 2014 - Report Finds Immigration Laws Frustrate the Admission of Critical Health Care Professionals - Senators Offer...more

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