Hospitalist

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

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

Hospital medicine is a practice focus; there is no required fellowship.

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) 85%
• Women 42%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 5%
• Offer telehealth 5%
• 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

• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 3,809,105
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 3,182,356
• Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 1,405,147
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 1,284,947
• Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes 413,744
• Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 238,709
• Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes 220,969
• Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes 158,237
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 138,445
• Critical care, first 30-74 minutes 132,623
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 130,676
• Advance care planning, first 30 minutes 78,151

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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) 6.6%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 4.3%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 3.7%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 3.6%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 3.5%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 2.8%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 2.7%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 2.4%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 2.2%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.2%
• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 1.9%
• Metoprolol Tartrate (Lopressor) 1.8%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 1.7%
• Carvedilol (Coreg) 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

• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 230 Hospitalist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis, MO 193 Hospitalist at Barnes Jewish Hospital
• Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH 181 Hospitalist at Ohio State University State Health System
• Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX 173 Hospitalist at Memorial Hermann Hospital System
• Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL 173 Hospitalist at Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
• University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO 164 Hospitalist at University of Colorado Hospital Authority
• Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT 151 Hospitalist at Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 150 Hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL 148 Hospitalist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Cooper University Hospital Camden, NJ 140 Hospitalist at Cooper University 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

• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 235
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 225
• Indiana University School of Medicine 145
• University of Washington School of Medicine 139
• University of Minnesota Medical School 129
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 127
• University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal) 121
• Medical College of Wisconsin 117
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 112
• West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 106

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