2024 Incentive Review : Findings and Metrics
Based on a national sample of recruiting engagements, AMN Healthcare’s Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentive s indicates which types of physicians and advanced practitioners are in the greatest demand.
NPs Number One for the Fourth Consecutive Year For the fourth consecutive year, AMN Healthcare conducted more search engagements for nurse practitioners (NPs) than for any other type of physician or APP. Demand for NPs has been rising sharply in recent years, as the chart below indicates: NUMBER OF AMN HEALTHCARE NP SEARCH ENGAGEMENTS BY YEAR 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22 2020/21 2019/20 2018/19 2017/18 426 420 405 335 270 169 205 NPs Expanding into Specialty Care More than 36,000 NPs complete their training each year, greater than the total number of physicians in all specialties who complete residency programs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects the number of NP job openings to grow 45% by 2032, the highest rate of growth for any occupation, tied only by wind turbine technicians. “Convenient care” providers such as retail clinics, urgent care centers and telehealth platforms built their delivery models around NPs and physician assistants (PAs) before expanding into physician-based services. These venues continue to add NPs and PAs to their staffs. In addition, a growing number of specialty medical practices are adding NPs. From 2008 to 2016 there was a 22% increase in the number of specialty practices that employed NPs, who are mentored by specialty physicians to help provide specialty services and patient education in dermatology, orthopedic surgery, gastroenterology, cardiology and many other specialty areas. ( NPs Helped Fill a Shortage in Primary Care, But They’re Headed Into Specialties. KFF Health News. May 15, 2024 ). NPs On the Front Lines of Rural Care and Mental Health Nearly 100 million people live in federally designated Healthcare Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) for primary care. Primary care shortages are most pronounced in rural areas, where 130 hospitals have closed in the last decade. A 2022 study noted that NPs represent more than 25% of primary care providers in rural areas, up 17.6% since 2008. The percentage is higher in those
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