Definitive considered all physician specialties with over 1,000 claims
The 20 physician specialties with the most growth between 2018 and 2022, and their percentage increase in claims:
1. Hospice and palliative care: 786 percent
2. Pediatric rheumatology: 544 percent
3. Preventive medicine: 125 percent
4. Interventional radiology: 83 percent
5. Dietitian/nutritional professionals: 64 percent
6. Geriatric medicine: 57 percent
7. Massage therapy: 56 percent
8. Radiology-nuclear medicine: 55 percent
9. Adult medicine: 45 percent
10. Pediatric surgery: 44 percent
11. Pediatric otolaryngology: 39 percent
12. Neuropsychiatry: 35 percent
13. Surgical oncology: 33 percent
14. Licensed clinical social worker: 29 percent
15. Pediatric cardiology: 23 percent
16. Hematology/oncology: 21 percent
17. Medical oncology: 20 percent
18. Cardiac electrophysiology: 17 percent
19. Geriatric psychiatry: 16 percent
20. Occupational therapy: 11 percent
