Internal Medicine

Training path

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

Training after medical school: 3 years. From the start of college: about 11 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) 89%
• Women 42%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 21%
• Offer telehealth 32%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 94%

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 13,638,285
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 8,363,448
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 6,683,633
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes 6,017,499
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample 4,308,223
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 3,829,224
• Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count 3,055,550
• Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes 2,376,600
• Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 2,277,948
• Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month 1,960,307
• Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes 1,885,788
• Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes 1,878,012

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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) 6.4%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 4.5%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 4.2%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 3.1%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 3.0%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 2.7%
• Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor) 2.6%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Omeprazole 2.2%
• Metoprolol Succinate (Kapspargo Sprinkle, Toprol Xl) 2.2%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 2.0%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 1.7%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 1.5%
• 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

• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 984 Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 962 Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 680 Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 631 Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic
• Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain, MA 565 Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital
• Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA 528 Internal Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital Winfield, IL 524 Internal Medicine at Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital
• Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI 524 Internal Medicine at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 500 Internal Medicine at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 495 Internal Medicine at Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania

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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 826
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 734
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie 682
• New York Medical College 605
• University of Minnesota Medical School 586
• Indiana University School of Medicine 559
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 552
• New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of Technology 520
• University of Washington School of Medicine 511
• Tufts University School of Medicine 506

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