E/M Frequency Data for Hospitalists

Hospitalists became a recognized specialty by CMS starting in 2017, and we now have frequency E/M data for the specialty. There are probably still physicians who have not switched their specialty designation. Physicians self-elect their specialty designation with Medicare and other payers. Many hospitalists are family medicine or internal medicine physicians by training, working as hospitalists.

The data below is from 2023, released in late 2024.

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Last revised February 27, 2025 - Betsy Nicoletti
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