NIW and Hospitalist ....
hadron said:
You don't have to be 'primary care' for a J1 waiver. You MUST be 'primary care' for a NIW.
>>> partially agree with Hadron. I forgot when i wrote my reply earlier (that i quote below).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally Posted by iowadoc
Does Hospitalist job qualify to apply for NIW? Anyone heard of any success stories or any rejects?
Thanks
yes. i know of ppl working as hospitalist in hpsa/mua for their J1 waiver..
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
True, J1 waiver is different from NIW. Look at NIW regulations. Here is a quote from the Federal register:
>>>> HHS currently limits physicians in designated shortage areas to the practice of family or general medicine, pediatrics, general internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry. Unless HHS establishes shortage areas for other fields of medicine, only these fields of medicine are covered by this rule.<<<<<
Hospitalists are Internal Medicine physicians. So if you word your petition correctly that describes Internal Medicine practice as the basis for the hospitalist work, i see no reason why NIW should not be approved. The examiner at CIS office may not know all the intricacies of the medical jargon, but it is you who has to tell that you are practicing IM.
I don't have any first hand information on a Hospitalist getting approved for NIW, so can't comment on that.