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Medicaid Physician Fees Remained Substantially Below Fees Paid By Medicare In 2019

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  1. Stephen Zuckerman ([email protected]) is a senior fellow and vice president for health policy at the Urban Institute, in Washington, D.C.
  2. Laura Skopec is a senior research associate in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute.
  3. Joshua Aarons is a research analyst in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute.
PUBLISHED:February 2021No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00611

Abstract

In 2019, as in prior years, Medicaid physician fees remained well below Medicare and private insurance fees despite growth in Medicaid enrollment. Low Medicaid physician fees have important implications in terms of access to care for Medicaid enrollees and the effects of proposals to expand coverage through a Medicaid buy-in program or a Medicaid-like public option.

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