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Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneurs—An Untapped Primary Care Lifeline

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.6200

January 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint describes the challenges in development of independent, nurse practitioner–owned primary care practices and offers recommendations to support the growth of these practices.

Corresponding Author: Monica O’Reilly-Jacob, PhD, APRN, School of Nursing, Columbia University, 560 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 (Mo2986@cumc.columbia.edu).

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