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MUA vs HPSA
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Key is that you keep the support from the state department of health. Some of them want HPSA, others are fine with MUA or MUP.
If you want to check the designation for a site:
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/bphc/database.htm
In order to check on the proper geographic designator for a given street address (town, county, census tract):
http://factfinder.census.gov/servle...?_lang=en&_programYear=50&_treeId=420&_sse=on
If you want to check the designation for a site:
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/bphc/database.htm
In order to check on the proper geographic designator for a given street address (town, county, census tract):
http://factfinder.census.gov/servle...?_lang=en&_programYear=50&_treeId=420&_sse=on
Hospitalist job as primary care
Thanks Hadron for your reply.
My 3 year waiver job was a traditional internal medicine practice. with predominant ambulatory and some in patient care. In order to maintain my case processing under NIW do I have to be in a similar job now for the remaining 2 years. Can i switch to a hospitalist job in an underserved location. Will a hospitalist job be considered as similar job as a primary care traditional outpatient practice.
By 'state' do you mean that the state of my new job has to agree that the new job is in an underserved area. So there are no generalizations here, and different states can agree to a person being in HPSA or MUA.
Thanks Hadron for your reply.
My 3 year waiver job was a traditional internal medicine practice. with predominant ambulatory and some in patient care. In order to maintain my case processing under NIW do I have to be in a similar job now for the remaining 2 years. Can i switch to a hospitalist job in an underserved location. Will a hospitalist job be considered as similar job as a primary care traditional outpatient practice.
By 'state' do you mean that the state of my new job has to agree that the new job is in an underserved area. So there are no generalizations here, and different states can agree to a person being in HPSA or MUA.
I honestly don't know what the process is if you want to change jobs from one HPSA/MUA to another, particularly if they are in different states. In any case, at the time of filing the NIW you provided a letter from state1. I believe (but am not sure) that at a later point you have to provide another letter from the state that your practice continues to be in the public interest. This is where state2 would come into play.
On paper, a hospitalist is a 'physician practicing internal medicine'. It doesn't (yet) require a fellowship and you are taking care of patients (as opposed to growing cells in a petri dish). If you keep everything to 'physician internal medicine', it shouldn't be an issue.
I am not an attorney, so get better advice than mine on this.
On paper, a hospitalist is a 'physician practicing internal medicine'. It doesn't (yet) require a fellowship and you are taking care of patients (as opposed to growing cells in a petri dish). If you keep everything to 'physician internal medicine', it shouldn't be an issue.
I am not an attorney, so get better advice than mine on this.