Staffing Worsens At Doctor Practices As Worker Shortage Drags On
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Staffing of physician practices and medical groups continues to stagnate or worsen by some measures with doctors busier than ever amid a surge of patient visits, a new AMGA analysis shows. getty Staffing of physician practices and medical groups continues to stagnate or worsen by some measures with doctors busier than ever amid a surge of patient visits, a new analysis shows. Total clinic staff per provider, which includes both physicians and advanced practice clinicians, is now at a median of 2.19 total clinic full-time equivalent employees, which is essentially the same as the 2.15 FTEs as last year, according to the American Medical Group Association’s 2025 Medical Clinic Staffing Survey. The AMGA study is a snapshot into the labor problems in healthcare, which was hit hard by an economic trend of workers quitting their jobs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and rising provider burnout. The survey by the group’s AMGA Consulting unit includes data from “medical groups around the country, representing almost 7,000 clinics and 29,000 providers across primary care, medical, surgical, and otherspecialty-based areas,” AMGA said. The survey found that staffing ratios per 10,000 work relative value units, which is a standardized way to measure the value of provider services saw “a 4.8% decrease within primary care specialties, while medical and surgical specialties saw a 2.4% and 1.1% increase, respectively, from the prior survey year,” AMGA Consulting’s analysis shows. “Meanwhile, over the past three years, primary care and medical specialties have seen a 5% to 7% decrease in total clinic staffing.” Though staffing has improved in some areas, it’s not enough to meet increasing demand for healthcare services, which is threatening patient access to care. Many patients, particularly older Americans, put off getting routine healthcare, outpatient services and surgeries during the Covid-19 pandemic but are now…
Filed under: News - @ November 12, 2025 2:29 pm