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DOS ISSUES FINAL HEALTH CARE WORKER RULE

October 18, 2008 20:43

The State Department has made final an interim rule issued nearly six years ago implementing the health care worker certification requirement included in the 1996 immigration act.USCIS final health care worker certification reg - Free Legal Forms

PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS CONRAD EXTENSION LAW

October 09, 2008 20:07

The Conrad 30 J-1 program for foreign physicians was extended officially today until March 6, 2008. The new law also allows states to sponsor up to 10 physicians for flex slots per year, up from the previous 5.

PAKISTANI DOCTOR FITTING IN WELL IN EAST TENNESSEE

October 08, 2008 21:10

Here's a human interest story that talks about what I hear everyday - how foreign physicians not only provide health care in places desperate for a doctor, but also become integral members of their communities.

DELAWARE HOSPITALS SHORT OF BILINGUAL NURSES

October 07, 2008 22:00

This will, of course, be a growing problem as the nursing shortage worsens and the Hispanic population grows.

NY TIMES REPORTS ON USE OF J-1 WAIVER PROGRAM IN THE EMPIRE STATE

October 02, 2008 12:42

NYT: Half of the doctors are going to inner city New York City hospitals. The other half are going to rural areas in the state. New York's program is, not surprising, one of the nation's most popular for doctors.

HOSPITALS WORRYING OVER CUT OFF OF FUNDING FOR CARE OF ILLEGALLY PRESENT IMMIGRANTS

September 29, 2008 15:33

This has become a big issue in Arizona. The federal government has been reimbursing border hospitals for care provided to uninsured illegally present immigrants and the funding for the program ends this week unless Congress extends the program.One of the problems in addressing this issue is that...

CONRAD 30 J-1 PROGRAM EXTENSION TO GO TO PRESIDENT'S DESK

September 28, 2008 02:54

The House and Senate agreed to an extension of the physician immigration program until March 6, 2009. It began its sunset on June 1, 2008 so the need to extend was growing more urgent. Conrad 30 doctors are permitted to remain in the US after their graduate medical training programs end on...

SENATE VOTES ON SHORT EXTENSION OF CONRAD PROGRAM

September 26, 2008 21:22

The Senate passed by voice vote an extension of the Conrad 30 J-1 program until March 6, 2009. The House will likely act tonight. Unfortunately, I doubt we'll get the ten flex slots that are in the prior House version.

HOSPITALS TO LOSE FUNDING FOR CARING FOR IMMIGRANTS

September 18, 2008 21:15

Federal funding to reimburse border state hospitals for care provided to illegally present immigrants is set to end at the end of the fiscal year on September 30th and efforts to preserve the funding are running out of time in Congress.

COALITION PUBLISHES ETHICS CODE FOR RECRUITING FOREIGN NURSES

September 15, 2008 14:45

AcademyHealth, a non-partisan, scholarly society for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, has published the Voluntary Code of Ethical Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Nurses to the United States. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation also...