How can a hospital determine whether it is located in a HPSA?
A.3 To sponsor H-1C nurses, a hospital must have been in a HPSA on March 30, 1997. A state-by-state listing on all HPSAs on that date is available online. Requiring hospitals to be located in HPSAs is a bit illogical since whether or not an area is a HPSA is determined by the number of primary care physicians per patient. The number of registered nurses per patient is not part of the calculation. Using the March 30, 1997 HPSA list is completely absurd since this allows hospitals that are no longer in HPSAs to qualify to sponsor H-1C nurses while hospitals located in areas which have been designated as HPSAs after March 30, 1997 are foreclosed from participating in the program. Q.
