Geriatric Medicine

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Internal medicine or family medicine residency 3 years
4. Geriatric medicine fellowship 1 year

Training after medical school: 4 years. From the start of college: about 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) 91%
• Women 51%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 28%
• Offer telehealth 42%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 95%

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

• Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated miles actually travelled 894,657
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 487,023
• Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes 355,281
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 223,966
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 200,294
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 176,748
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 115,454
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 113,931
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 108,503
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 86,689
• Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month 85,683
• Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes 79,072

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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) 6.0%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 4.3%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 4.0%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.7%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 2.6%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.5%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.4%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 2.4%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 2.2%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 2.1%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 2.1%
• Omeprazole 1.9%
• Sertraline Hcl (Zoloft) 1.8%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 1.7%
• Trazodone Hcl 1.7%

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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

• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 34 Geriatric Medicine at University of Michigan Health System
• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 33 Geriatric Medicine at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 33 Geriatric Medicine at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica, CA 29 Geriatric Medicine at Santa Monica - UCLA Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 27 Geriatric Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 26 Geriatric Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY 25 Geriatric Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Baltimore, MD 25 Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore, MD 24 Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO 24 Geriatric Medicine at University of Colorado Hospital Authority

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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

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 32
• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University 28
• Boston University School of Medicine 23
• University of Minnesota Medical School 22
• University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 22
• University of Maryland School of Medicine 21
• University of Michigan Medical School 21
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 21
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 20
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 19

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