Healthcare Finance News March 17, 2023
The nation has been experiencing a primary care shortage since the early 2000s, with declining access affecting many Americans.
People are shifting away from traditional primary care providers, with about three in 10 foregoing primary care altogether between 2016 and 2022, according to FAIR Health’s new analysis of private claims data.
That number, though, ranged from a high of 43% in Tennessee to a low of 16% in Massachusetts, suggesting significant regional variations. Of the providers who performed primary care services in that time, 56% were physicians, while 44% were nonphysicians.
The core-based statistical area (CBSA) with the lowest number of people per primary care provider in 2022 was Rochester, Minnesota, with a ratio of 114.5, when measured by the...
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