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Trends in Diagnostic Imaging by Nonphysician Practitioners and Associations With Urbanicity and Scope-of-Practice Authority
We aimed to assess the changing share of diagnostic imaging billed by NPPs and how such changes differ by urbanicity within the context of scope-of-pr…
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"Studying 110 million imaging claims from commercially insured and Medicare Advantage patients, we found significant increases in imaging claims billed by NPPs (PAs + NPs) between 2016 and 2020. Our findings confirm trends recently reported in Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, wherein NPPs interpreted 1.27% of diagnostic imaging studies performed in 2015, up from 0.01% in 1994. Specifically, we found that NPPs interpreted 2.6% and 3.3% of imaging studies in 2016 and 2020, respectively,..."
also saw higher % of NPPs billing for reads in metro compared to rural. Wonder what this means for patient safety...
I understand there's an overwhelming demand for reading more but is this something current med students should consider seriously? Not only the potential threat of AI decreasing demand for rads in the far future but now increasing encroachment from midlevels?