Medscape July 14, 2023
A study of Medicare providers found that advanced-practice clinicians (APCs) are an increasingly large part of the dermatology workforce, and that they are delivering ever-more care in both urban and rural areas.
Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reported in JAMA Dermatology that in 2013 APCs made up 28% of the dermatology clinician workforce. By 2020, they made up 37% of the dermatology clinicians giving care to Medicare beneficiaries.
Retrospective cohort study
APCs provided care in 15.5% of dermatology office visits in 2013 and 27.4% in 2020 (P =.02), the authors reported. “By 2020, more than one in four dermatology visits for patients with Medicare were delivered by APCs,”...
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