Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) are a dynamic force in healthcare and they’re filling a critical role by filling patient care and staffing gaps linked to the country’s physician shortage. In fact, it was reported in a 2019 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives from Merritt Hawkins that while Primary Care physicians are the #1 target for recruiting, NPs and PAa are target #1A.