Internal Medicine in Rhode Island
Individual Internal Medicine providers billing Original Medicare Part B in Rhode Island: 577 in 2024.
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Available data
- individual providers, 2024
- 577
- data years
- 5
- groups listed
- 9
Specialty, geography, providers by year and peer group
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine (the provider type on the Medicare claims record; individuals only)
- Geography
- Rhode Island.
- Data years
- 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Providers by year
- 2020: 604 · 2021: 615 · 2022: 608 · 2023: 590 · 2024: 577
- Peer group for ranks
- The cohort is Rhode Island itself: ranks and positions are among its own providers (at least 20), so no geographic fallback applies.
Fee schedule change for Internal Medicine, 2026 to 2027 (proposed rule)
At the 2027 proposed rule rates, the median change in calculated Medicare allowed for Internal Medicine clinicians in Rhode Island is −2.9%, on the same services as in 2024 (middle half −3.0% to −2.7%, 550 clinicians).
calculated at each clinician's published code mix; volume held fixed; proposed rule.
By area, and what the calculation leaves out2 areas
| Area | Clinicians | Median change | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 550 | −2.9% | −3.0% to −2.7% |
| United States | 89,194 | −3.2% | −3.8% to −2.6% |
Codes this specialty billed in 2024 that have no 2027 rate in the proposed rule (deleted or not listed; left out of the calculation, never estimated): 95806, 95800, 92546.
104 codes are new in the 2027 proposed rule (not in any 2024 code mix); 53 codes move to a national rate from a 2026 status without one (carrier-priced and others); lines in those codes are left out of the calculation.
Each clinician’s own figure, with the codes behind it, is in the Physician Report. How this is calculated.
Telehealth-only services and setting, Internal Medicine, 2020–2024
In 2024, 1.0% of Internal Medicine Medicare work in Rhode Island was in telehealth-only services (6.8% in 2020), a floor of all telehealth work; 54% was billed at the office (non-facility) rate and 45% at the facility rate.
Share of work by setting, by year: table2 areas
Rhode Island: share of calculated Medicare work RVUs by setting
| Year | Telehealth-only | Office rate | Facility rate | Clinicians | Share with any telehealth-only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6.8% | 54% | 39% | 572 | 43% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | 57% | 40% | 590 | 29% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | 56% | 42% | 583 | 26% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | 58% | 41% | 563 | 16% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | 54% | 45% | 551 | 13% |
United States: share of calculated Medicare work RVUs by setting
| Year | Telehealth-only | Office rate | Facility rate | Clinicians | Share with any telehealth-only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.9% | 48% | 50% | 87,023 | 28% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | 49% | 50% | 86,625 | 15% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | 49% | 50% | 87,285 | 12% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | 49% | 50% | 87,894 | 8% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | 49% | 50% | 89,264 | 7% |
Telehealth-only services are codes that exist only as remote services (telephone and online visits, virtual check-ins, telehealth consultations). The share is a floor, not total telehealth: CMS publishes the place of service only as facility or non-facility and does not publish telehealth modifiers, so a video visit billed with an ordinary visit code is counted in the setting CMS records. Every year is weighted at the 2024 work relative values, so a share moves only when the services billed move. Cells of at least 11 clinicians. How this is calculated.
Market Comparison
One specialty in one market (a metro area, a state's area outside metro areas, a whole state or the United States): each cohort member's figures and rank, the distribution, percentiles and trend, plus the full report of a selected physician who is in that market, for 12 months.
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Included
- The cohort table: each clinician's exact Medicare payment, calculated work RVUs and rank in this specialty and market
- A ranked list of every clinician in this specialty and market by Medicare payment or work RVUs, opening at the selected physician with those just above and below
- Each listed clinician's codes for a data year: every code line with place of service, services, beneficiaries, Medicare payment and work RVUs
- Medians, percentiles, the distribution and the trend for this specialty and market
- Estimated figures and the offer calculator for this market
- The full Physician Report of the selected physician, when that physician is in this market
- A downloadable market report (PDF)
Not included
- Other specialties and other markets
- Multi-year history, peer comparisons and the printable report of clinicians other than the selected physician (each one's Physician Report)
- Peer comparison flags (professional subscription, not sold)
Known limitations
- CMS suppresses code lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries, so calculated work RVUs are a floor.
Internal Medicine by metro area in Rhode Island
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A Market Comparison is also prepared for each metro area and for the area outside metro areas. Alphabetical; provider counts are for 2024.
Groups with the most Internal Medicine providers in Rhode Island
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- Lifespan Physician Group Inc (94 Internal Medicine providers)
- Coastal Medical Physicians Inc (79 Internal Medicine providers)
- Brown Medicine (68 Internal Medicine providers)
- Affinity Physicians LLC. (49 Internal Medicine providers)
- Rhode Island Hospital (25 Internal Medicine providers)
- Medical Associates Of Ri, Inc. (16 Internal Medicine providers)
- Silver Spring Health Care Management Inc (14 Internal Medicine providers)
- Prospect Chartercare Physicians LLC (13 Internal Medicine providers)
- Prime Healthcare Services Landmark LLC (12 Internal Medicine providers)
Group affiliation: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file; data year 2024. Ordered by the count of providers of the specialty, then by name; groups tied at the end of the list are left out.
Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; payments go to the billing entity. How every figure is computed: methodology, including known limitations.
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service).