MedCity News September 17, 2025
Joe Nicholson

Since practices tend to build more flexibility into APPs’ schedules, they can efficiently expand patients’ access to care while allowing physicians to focus on more complex patients.

The primary care physician (PCP) shortage is reaching crisis proportions — and is poised to continue being an industry-wide concern, as more than a third of currently active physicians are likely to retire within the next decade. With fewer new doctors entering the field and more experienced ones leaving, practices face growing challenges in maintaining timely access to high-quality care for their patients.

Advanced practice providers (APPs) such as physician assistants (PAs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) offer an opportunity to increase the number of clinicians who can support patient care...

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