Increasing Utilization of Advanced Practice Providers in Spine Surgery from 2013 to 2022: A Medicare Part B Analysis
Mark Miller, Matthew Meade, Maneesha Palakurthi, Ruchir Nanavati, Nithin Gupta, William T. DiCiurcio, Omar Sbaih, Matthew B. Sherman, Christopher Kepler, Gregory Schroeder, Barrett Woods · 2026
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Mark Miller and colleagues chart, in 2026, the growing role of advanced practice providers in spine care in the United States. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants now order scans, assist in surgery, and run office visits. Medicare billing data from 2013 to 2022 show their ranks in spine care rose by about a quarter. Surgeon counts stayed near flat over the same span.
Scans and office visits were the services these providers billed most. Rural patients were more likely to see such a provider than a surgeon. Forecasts to 2030 see the trends holding. The authors link the shift to rising spine caseloads and workforce strain. Training and law changes feed the growth too.
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| CREATOR | Mark Miller, Matthew Meade, Maneesha Palakurthi, Ruchir Nanavati, Nithin Gupta, William T. DiCiurcio, Omar Sbaih, Matthew B. Sherman, Christopher Kepler, Gregory Schroeder, Barrett Woods |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |