Advanced Practice Practioners - CTI Report

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28%

Projected (APRN) job growth

Projected (PA) job growth

Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and physician assistant (PA) jobs are expected to significantly grow over the next ten years, outpacing all other healthcare professionals.

Creating an Engaged and Resilent Advanced Practice Provider Workforce

Fastest-growing Healthcare Profession

To build an engaged and resilient APP workforce, organizations must recruit top talent, retain that talent, and reimagine how their clinical workforce delivers care by optimizing not just APPs, but the entire care team.

Average days for new patient appointment:

25 days Primary care 34 daysMedical specialty 21 daysSurgical specialty

Expanding the types of patients APPs see and ensuring all providers are operating at the top of their scope can often improve access, decrease appointment wait times and increase revenue. For example, APPs in medical specialty clinics are less likely to see new patients, and these clinics have some of the longest wait times for new appointments.

Expectations for newly minted providers are high: 94% of APPs in ambulatory clinics have their own schedule and see both new and established patients.

An additional 1.1 million patient visits could have been added over the last year, generating an additional revenue of $76.9 million by reassigning or eliminating administrative tasks for APPs.

Onboarding programs lasting 6-12 months have been shown to reduce APP turnover rates by 40%-75%.

Collaborative Team Approach

Recruit

• Set up protocols and HER templates to streamline care processes without interrupting patient care or creating additional administrative duties.
• Have nursing staff perform Medicare Annual Well Visits and chronic care management to generate new revenue.
• Telemedicine capabilities have increased significantly, but there are still opportunities to implement virtual health monitoring.

Reimagine

• Onboarding activity has decreased and must be revitalized to improve engagement and reduce turnover.

Retain

• Recruit APPs using provider teams that include both advanced practice providers and physicians.
• Refine and standardize APP compensation methodology.