Becker's Healthcare October 21, 2025
While the number of physicians working with Medicare patients increased between 2013 and 2023, Medicare’s exit rates in rural and underserved areas also increased, according to a recent analysis of Medicare claims data published in JAMA.
The analysis was conducted by Christopher Whaley, PhD, of Brown University in Providence, R.I. The analysis utilized Medicare fee-for-service data between 2013 and 2023. Researched calculated the number of physicians participating in Medicare over this 10 year period and used multivariable logistic regression to examine associations between program exit that accounted for physician sex, age in 2013, National Provider Identifier enumeration after 2013, specialty, practice location’s county-level metropolitan status, Health Professional Shortage Area status in 2023, and state fixed effects, as well as percentage-point...
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