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49.  To whom it may concern, I was wondering if there is any way that I am able to obtain records regarding the number of patients an average urgent care physician see per shift. Thank you.

We have not gathered these statistics in a formal survey.  However, from my experience with urgent care physicians throughout the country, physician workloads can be very variable.  Some urgent care center physicians see only 20 patients per in a 12-hour shift; others see 100 patients or more per shift.  In general, an urgent care center can not break even, unless it sees at least 30-35 patients per day.  In the centers I work with, we generally look to add a PA to a physicians shift when the average patient workload exceeds 60-70 patients per 12-hour shift.

 

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David Stern, MD, CPC
CEO, Practice Velocity
Partner, Physicians Immediate Care
Board Member, Urgent Care      Association of America

Dr. Stern helped design the patent-pending Practice Velocity template (PiVoT) that is now used in over 240 urgent care centers. He is board certified in internal medicine and served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Stern received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University after completing undergraduate studies at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. Dr. Stern serves on the Board of Directors of the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA). A Certified Professional Coder, Dr. Stern writes articles and presents at numerous national and regional conferences on topics, including medical charting, emr, medical coding and medical practice management. With additional partners of John Koehler, MD (CEO) and Terry Buzzard, MD (Regional Medical Director), they operate the urgent care consulting firm of National Med Network and the ten clinics (in Illinois and Oklahoma) of Physicians Immediate Care.

 

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