Forbes August 14, 2023
Demand for nurse practitioners and primary care physicians is escalating along with their compensation as retailers from Amazon and CVS Health to Walmart and Walgreens build primary care clinics across the country.
A new report from AMN Healthcare shows nurse practitioners—not doctors—topped the staffing company’s list of “most requested search engagements for the third consecutive year,” according to an annual report released Monday from AMN Healthcare’s Physician Solutions division, formerly known as Merritt Hawkins.
“Demand for NPs is being driven by a growing number of ‘convenient care’ providers, including retail clinics, urgent care centers and telemedicine platforms, which employ large numbers of NPs,” the report said.
To be sure, the entrance of large retailers into the business of providing healthcare...
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