{"id":7580,"date":"2025-06-25T17:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:43:48","slug":"u-s-cardiologist-wait-times-amn-healthcare-report-may-27-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/u-s-cardiologist-wait-times-amn-healthcare-report-may-27-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Cardiologist Wait Times \u2013 AMN Healthcare Report (May 27, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>U.S. Cardiologist Wait Times \u2013 AMN Healthcare Report (May 27, 2025)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span> 1. Longer Waits for Cardiology Appointments<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Patients now wait an average of 32.7 days to see a cardiologist.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 This is significantly longer than in previous years, reflecting growing challenges in access.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Why Is This Happening?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 More demand due to an aging population and rising heart disease.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Fewer cardiologists as many doctors approach retirement.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Slow replacement rate because of underfunded medical training programs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Heart Disease Still #1<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Common risk factors like smoking, obesity, poor sleep, and alcohol use are still widespread.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Access for Patients<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Most cardiology clinics in the U.S. accept government health coverage:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 About 91% accept Medicare, which is health insurance for older adults.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Around 72% accept Medicaid, which supports people with low income.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnhealthcare.com\/.https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/83050962\/\">https:\/\/www.amnhealthcare.com\/.https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/83050962\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Cardiologist Wait Times \u2013 AMN Healthcare Report (May 27, 2025) 1. Longer Waits for Cardiology Appointments \u2022 Patients now wait an average of 32.7 days to see a cardiologist. \u2022 This is significantly longer than in previous years, reflecting growing challenges in access. 2. Why Is This Happening? \u2022 More demand due to an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7589,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580\/revisions\/7589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}