Specialists surveyed were more likely than primary care physicians to stop accepting Medicaid patients. Sixty-six percent of dermatologists, 64 percent of endocrinologists, 58 percent of internists, 57 percent of physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians and 53 of adult psychiatrists said in the survey they cannot take on more Medicaid patients due to a lack of reimbursements.
Currently, one out of every four practicing physicians does not accept Medicaid patients.
A growing number of physicians surveyed said they also can no longer accept Medicare patients, again citing low reimbursement rates. Seventeen percent of physicians polled said they are unable to take on new Medicare patients. Currently, 10 percent of the physician population does not see Medicare patients at all.
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