General Practice

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internship (first postgraduate year) without completing a specialty residency 1 year

Training after medical school: 1 years. From the start of college: about 9 years.

Older licensing paths; few new doctors train this way.

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) 88%
• Women 38%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 30%
• Offer telehealth 19%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 89%

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

• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 316,364
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 306,937
• Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes 166,782
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 160,026
• Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count 90,104
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 86,703
• Test for allergy using allergenic extract 64,031
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 56,087
• Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month 50,930
• Residence visit for established patient with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes 48,779
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle 47,486
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 46,804

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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

• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 5.4%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 4.3%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 3.6%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 3.3%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 3.2%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 3.2%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.7%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 2.4%
• Omeprazole 2.3%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 2.1%
• Simvastatin (Zocor) 1.9%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 1.9%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 1.7%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 1.5%
• Hydrochlorothiazide 1.5%

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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 59 General Practice at Adventhealth Orlando
• Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO 21 General Practice at Barnes Jewish Hospital
• Auxilio Mutuo Hospital San Juan, PR 15 General Practice at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital
• Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Clermont, FL 15 General Practice at Orlando Health South Lake Hospital
• Doctors' Center Hospital San Juan Santurce, PR 14 General Practice at Doctors' Center Hospital San Juan
• Hospital Menonita De Aibonito Aibonito, PR 14 General Practice at Hospital Menonita De Aibonito
• Oroville Hospital Oroville, CA 13 General Practice at Oroville Hospital
• Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, FL 11 General Practice at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
• Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO 11 General Practice at Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 11 General Practice at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak

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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

• San Juan Bautista School of Medicine 41
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 31
• Loma Linda University School of Medicine 27
• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 23
• Indiana University School of Medicine 22
• University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina 22
• University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 22
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 20
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 20
• Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine 20

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