01-13-2017, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by john1975
they make the money back by ordering expensive tests and/or equipment. medicare might pay slightly less than other insurance companies , but their approval rate is higher. And I beg to differ with the 'many doctors refuse to accept medicare' statement. It's not that many, and different in every state....and still they'll eventually find a doc that'll accept it.
(i know from people that work in the biz)
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"According to a survey conducted by the National Ambulatory Medical Care in 2011, about 17 percent of the nation?s physicians were not willing to accept Medicare patients, but more alarming was the 31 percent of primary care physicians refused Medicare patients (Health Affairs, 2012). The primary reasons seems to be that Medicare does not pay enough to cover costs and overhead, reimbursements are slow, paperwork is confusing, and Medicare does not cover many tests that primary care physicians need to perform to diagnose and treat the patient?s illness."
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