Medical practices with more advanced practice practitioners, nurse practitioners and other non-physician providers are more profitable and productive, according to a new report.While primary-care practices with a higher non-physician provider-to-physician ratio—at least 0.41 non-physician providers per physician—have higher expenses, they also earn more in net income than practices with fewer non-physician providers (0.20 or fewer per physician), according to the Medical Group Management Association's analysis of more than 3,000 providers. 
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