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December
2009 Newsletter December 11, 2009 DEAR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS: As you know, for nearly the past 20 years, we have made a major commitment to serving the immigration needs of Physicians and Allied Healthcare Providers and their employers. We are regarded as one of the foremost firms dealing in this particular area of the law based not only on the caliber of our legal services to our clients, but also for our impact on the field as a whole though articles, presentations, consultancy appointments with the U.S. Government and other professional organizations, and various recognitions for outstanding service and leadership in this particular field of immigration law. To this day, I feel stimulated and enriched by our role not only in assisting international healthcare providers in attaining immigration benefits, but in our contributions to the welfare of the U.S. healthcare system and the communities and patients served by our clients. While my own writing has dealt extensively with the shortages in the U.S. healthcare system and the critical role played by international providers in providing “gap-filling” services within our system, I want to share a recent White Paper study conducted by the Immigration Policy Council (IPC) on the beneficial – in fact, the critical – role played by foreign healthcare professionals in the U.S. healthcare system. Particularly in this era in which our healthcare system faces long-awaited reforms that will presumably expand the need for providers to serve a more inclusive patient population, I firmly believe that physician/healthcare immigration and healthcare reform need to go hand-in-hand. The IPC White Paper study can be
found at In all likelihood, the Congress in the near future will be considering various reform measures that could impact the supply of International Physicians and Allied Healthcare Providers, including: reforms to our immigration laws for Nurses; revisions to J-1 waiver policies for Physicians; increased exemptions from quota restrictions for Physicians and Allied Healthcare Providers; greater immigration incentives to work in medically underserved communities and positions having high impact on the indigent and medically underserved; etc. The above-cited study as well as our own articles and research certainly suggest the logic and desirability of providing greater immigration opportunities for foreign professional contributors to our healthcare needs. We intend to remain heavily involved in the forthcoming debate on both immigration and healthcare reform, and will look forward to providing recurrent updates on the progress of these developments. As always, please share your feedback with me and feel free to pass along this brief update to your colleagues and friends. It is always a pleasure to hear from those whom we serve. Cordially, ROBERT D. ARONSON This memorandum is one of a series of communications prepared as a general public service to our clients and friends. The information herein presented is not intended nor should it be utilized as legal advice on any specific situation. Furthermore, given the rapid pace of change, the veracity of this information is constantly subject to modification and/or reversal. Rather, this piece represents a good faith attempt to orient clients and other interested parties served by Aronson & Associates to current immigration developments. This piece in no manner supercedes the need to seek competent legal advice when engaged in activities carrying possible immigration-related consequences. |
Aronson & Associates, P.A. |