Occupational Medicine

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Occupational medicine residency (including first clinical year) 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) 87%
• Women 31%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 37%
• Offer telehealth 15%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 91%

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 9,952
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 8,643
• Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow 4,751
• Administration of influenza virus vaccine 3,884
• Admn sarscov2 vacc 1 dose 2,250
• Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a 2,032
• Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes 1,934
• Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and 1,757
• Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 1,680
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 1,644
• Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less 1,622
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint 1,433

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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

• Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf (Shingrix) 25.2%
• Rsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf (Abrysvo) 20.7%
• Rsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf (Arexvy) 9.7%
• Diphth,pertuss(Acell),tet Vac (Boostrix Tdap) 7.9%
• Hepatitis A And B Vaccine/Pf (Twinrix) 1.9%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 1.4%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 1.3%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 1.2%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 1.1%
• Amlodipine Besylate (Norliqva, Norvasc) 1.1%
• Lisinopril (Qbrelis, Zestril) 0.9%
• Metformin Hcl (Glumetza, Metformin Er Gastric, Metformin Er Osmotic) 0.8%
• Losartan Potassium (Cozaar) 0.8%
• Tramadol Hcl 0.6%
• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 0.6%

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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

• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 8 Occupational Medicine at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA 3 Occupational Medicine at UCSF Medical Center
• National Jewish Health Denver, CO 3 Occupational Medicine at National Jewish Health
• Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Saint Louis PArk, MN 2 Occupational Medicine at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
• University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT 2 Occupational Medicine at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
• Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA 2 Occupational Medicine at Lowell General Hospital
• Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN 2 Occupational Medicine at Essentia Health Duluth
• Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN 2 Occupational Medicine at Parkview Regional Medical Center
• Lewis County General Hospital Lowville, NY 1 Occupational Medicine at Lewis County General Hospital
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA 1 Occupational Medicine at Sutter Roseville Medical Center

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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

• University of Minnesota Medical School 10
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 9
• Loma Linda University School of Medicine 6
• Creighton University School of Medicine 5
• Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of Med 5
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 5
• University of Utah School of Medicine 5
• Howard University College of Medicine 4
• Indiana University School of Medicine 4
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine 4

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