Advanced practitioners top source of competition for physicians: Medscape

Twenty-five percent of physicians said their income is being affected by nonphysician practitioners, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2022,” released April 15. 

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Medscape collected responses from 13,000 physicians across 29 specialties from Oct. 5, 2021, through Jan. 19, 2022. 

Here’s what physicians said affected their income:

  1. Nonphysician practitioners: 25 percent 
  2. Retail medical clinics, such as at Walgreens and CVS: 11 percent
  3. Physicians or insurers offering telemedicine: 11 percent
  4. Other: 4 percent 
  5. Competition different from the sources shown above: 67 percent

 

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