Adding non HPSA hospital

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koshur

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I am a J-1 physician and completed 3 years in July 2005 and am currently labor approved awaiting AOS thru labor. I have also filed through NIW. My employer is considering adding a hospital site ( Whiich is in a non HPSA/MUA) where I can admit patients and round while keeping our office address and current hospital site the same. Does this have any implications on the green card process either thru labor or NIW.
thanks
Koshur
 
As long as you work full time (40hrs) in the HPSA site and your employer backs you, i dont think you will have a problem in working at non hpsa sites. many people do it.
 
a different scenario....please answer

I am trying to get J-1 waiver here in west coast to start as soon as I finish my residency this year. Unfortunately, my practice location is in one city, county (HPSA) and admitting hospital is in different city, county (non-HPSA). Also to admit patients, I have to have privileges and to get those privs, I have to accept calls (every third day) and 2 weekends in a month. I do not have any problem doing calls to get privs...or to travel between office and hospital.

but how they count my hours towards HPSA and non-HPSA ? I am totally confused here. If they say...I have to show 40 hours in HPSA (office) area, then total could be around 100 hours a week all together.

Lawyer is not sure what to say and Dept. of health is always robotic answer which is you have to work 40 hours in HPSA.

can someone through some light on it. I really appreciate your time in advance.

regards,
J1pddoc
 
work hours for HPSA ....

J1pddoc said:
I am trying to get J-1 waiver here in west coast to start as soon as I finish my residency this year. Unfortunately, my practice location is in one city, county (HPSA) and admitting hospital is in different city, county (non-HPSA). Also to admit patients, I have to have privileges and to get those privs, I have to accept calls (every third day) and 2 weekends in a month. I do not have any problem doing calls to get privs...or to travel between office and hospital.

but how they count my hours towards HPSA and non-HPSA ? I am totally confused here. If they say...I have to show 40 hours in HPSA (office) area, then total could be around 100 hours a week all together.

Lawyer is not sure what to say and Dept. of health is always robotic answer which is you have to work 40 hours in HPSA.
J1pddoc
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>>>> what for your J1 waiver is approved? for a clinic? for a hospitalist work?
if for the clinic, then you have to work (physically) 40 hours in the clinic. your hospitalist work (even if it goes to 100 hours) doesn't count towards hours of HPSA. and your travel time between the sites doesn't count towards your 40 hours.
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Your hours count based on what you document. If you clock in in your practice every morning and clock out in the afternoon adding up to 40 hours, you are working 'full time'. What you do in addition to that, e.g. goin into the hospital on-call doesn't interest them.

Also, 5 positions per state can be given to physicians in your situation. If they work at a hospital located in a non-hpsa taking care of patients from a hpsa or mua catchment area. This provision was added with subspecialists and hospitalists in mind.
 
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