Kentucky’s population is growing. The Bluegrass State gained roughly 83,000 residents between 2020 and 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and is now home to nearly 4.6 million people.
Yet the number of doctors in our state is shrinking. As of 2022 — the most recent year for which data is available — Kentucky had just 10,002 practicing physicians. That’s down from 11,437 as recently as 2018.
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The American Independent Medical Practice Association is a physician-led national advocacy organization representing more than 600 independent medical practices that provide quality, affordable health care for more than 25 million patients each year.
These independent practices are critical access points for health care across the country — at more than 4,200 medical office locations and over 575 independent ambulatory surgery centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
We advocate on behalf of more than 12,000 physicians caring for patients in the fields of Primary Care and Internal Medicine as well as the specialties of Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Radiation Oncology, Urology, Urgent Care, Vascular Medicine, and Women’s Health.
Brigit Wolf
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