Are health care organizations using the physician shortage as an excuse to install non physician practitioners in roles that a doctor should be leading?

PPP member Alyson Maloy, MD, FAPA, is featured in a story on Medical Economics entitled: “Are health care organizations using the physician shortage as an excuse to install non physician practitioners in roles that a doctor should be leading?”

“Patients often don’t understand the different levels of training required by practitioners, so organizations often push non-physicians into more roles.”