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Specialty Prescriptions Prescribers Share
Family Medicine 4,106,574 60,127 25.7% Internal Medicine 3,637,835 42,621 22.8% Nurse Practitioners 2,865,600 50,537 17.9% Endocrinology & Diabetes 1,279,665 6,045 8.0% Cardiology 1,078,268 12,246 6.7% Physician Assistants 924,881 16,639 5.8% Nephrology (Kidney) 807,115 6,852 5.1% Interventional Cardiology 328,850 3,970 2.1% General Practice 235,271 2,768 1.5% Geriatric Medicine 163,113 1,961 1.0% Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology 162,620 917 1.0% Hospitalist 69,549 1,752 0.4% Pharmacists 68,731 914 0.4% Cardiac Electrophysiology 50,555 791 0.3% Pulmonology 25,510 383 0.2% Infectious Disease 18,539 455 0.1% Pediatrics 17,034 343 0.1% Sports Medicine 15,704 347 0.1% Emergency Medicine 15,233 281 0.1% Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners 11,800 292 0.1% Hospice & Palliative Medicine 11,683 185 0.1% Adolescent Medicine 9,277 110 0.1% Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) 6,584 132 0.0% Gastroenterology 6,351 130 0.0% Nuclear Medicine 6,164 77 0.0% Rheumatology 5,866 113 0.0% Critical Care Medicine 4,715 85 0.0% General Surgery 4,456 68 0.0% OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) 4,092 69 0.0% Addiction Medicine 3,792 101 0.0% Hematology & Oncology 3,657 99 0.0% Sleep Medicine 3,239 67 0.0% Obesity Medicine 3,155 61 0.0% Preventive Medicine & Public Health 3,028 43 0.0% Psychiatry 2,428 100 0.0% Pain Medicine 2,149 42 0.0% Allergy & Immunology 1,594 39 0.0% Pediatric Endocrinology 1,305 18 0.0% Occupational Medicine 1,030 24 0.0% Neurology 1,024 37 0.0% Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 969 19 0.0% Dermatology 849 15 0.0% Anesthesiology 706 15 0.0% Pediatric Cardiology 680 25 0.0% Urology 634 18 0.0% Medical Oncology 623 20 0.0% Naturopaths 602 15 0.0% Pathology 532 8 0.0% Orthopedic Surgery 402 6 0.0% Behavior Analysts 392 3 0.0% Radiology 387 12 0.0% Plastic Surgery 371 4 0.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 352 11 0.0% Transplant Surgery 294 6 0.0% Hematology 282 7 0.0% Vascular Surgery 275 9 0.0% Neurosurgery 260 8 0.0% Hepatology 188 5 0.0% Certified Nurse-Midwives 152 6 0.0% Dentists (general) 127 10 0.0% Ophthalmology 115 8 0.0% Pediatric Nephrology 97 4 0.0% Colorectal Surgery 96 2 0.0% Radiation Oncology 78 2 0.0% Optometrists 64 3 0.0% ENT (Otolaryngology) 63 5 0.0% Pediatric Infectious Disease 60 3 0.0% Pediatric Surgery 60 1 0.0% Podiatrists 58 5 0.0% Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) 38 2 0.0% Acupuncturists 31 1 0.0% Neonatology 25 2 0.0% Fertility (Reproductive Endocrinology) 25 2 0.0% Interventional Radiology 24 2 0.0% Medical Genetics 19 1 0.0% Pediatric Hematology & Oncology 18 1 0.0% Midwives 15 1 0.0% Surgical Oncology 14 1 0.0% Gynecologic Oncology 13 1 0.0% Spine Surgery 13 1 0.0% Pediatric Pulmonology 12 1 0.0% Hand Surgery 12 1 0.0% Pediatric Anesthesiology 11 1 0.0%
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Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024; CMS Open Payments 2025 (general payments; a payment is not evidence of wrongdoing); FDA enforcement reports (openFDA).