DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 3 (March)

NPP Benchmark: NPP vs. physician use of E/Ms by patient type, 2006-2009

These charts analyze the difference between non-physician practitioner (NPP) and physician use of E/M services by the patient type from 2006 to 2009. Utilization trends for E/M services are consistent for both new and established patients, with NPPs seeing increases over the four-year time window and physicians seeing decreases. NPPs saw a greater percent growth than the percent decline seen by physicians, but the sheer volume of physician vs. NPP use of E/Ms means that NPP growth is far too small to account for the decline in physician utilization.

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