Emergency Medicine

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Emergency medicine residency 3–4 years

Training after medical school: 3–4 years. From the start of college: about 11–12 years.

Usual minimum program lengths from ACGME program requirements. Some doctors take extra research years or a second fellowship.

Who they are

• MD (DOs make up the rest) 79%
• Women 32%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 8%
• Offer telehealth 3%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 96%

Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.

What they do most for Medicare patients

• Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making 7,014,706
• Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making 3,373,579
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only 2,824,279
• Critical care, first 30-74 minutes 1,544,946
• Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making 595,867
• Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count 555,599
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 393,682
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 318,522
• Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only 161,697
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 121,082
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 115,237
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 86,879

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Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.

What they prescribe most

• Prednisone (Rayos) 7.8%
• Cephalexin 7.7%
• Ondansetron 6.8%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 6.6%
• Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 3.5%
• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 2.9%
• Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 2.7%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 2.6%
• Rsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf (Arexvy) 2.4%
• Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 2.3%
• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 2.1%
• Cefdinir 1.8%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 1.8%
• Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 1.7%
• Tramadol Hcl 1.6%

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Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.

Hospitals where the most work

• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 255 Emergency Medicine at Adventhealth Orlando
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 235 Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• North Memorial Health Hospital Robbinsdale, MN 172 Emergency Medicine at North Memorial Health Hospital
• Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health Charlotte, NC 155 Emergency Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center/behav Health
• Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN 143 Emergency Medicine at Indiana University Health
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 131 Emergency Medicine at Cleveland Clinic
• Umass Memorial Medical Center/university Campus Worcester, MA 129 Emergency Medicine at Umass Memorial Medical Center/university Campus
• Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI 127 Emergency Medicine at Spectrum Health
• Uci Health-Orange Orange, CA 124 Emergency Medicine at Uci Health-Orange
• Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX 121 Emergency Medicine at Methodist Hospital

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Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.

Schools they graduated from most

• Wayne State University School of Medicine 607
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 550
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 521
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine 518
• Indiana University School of Medicine 449
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 449
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 353
• New York Medical College 349
• Medical College of Wisconsin 328
• Temple University School of Medicine 327

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From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).