GOVERNMENTMedicare & Medicaid: A study in contrastsQuick View. Oct. 15, 2007. Medicaid rates for physician services vary much more widely among states than do Medicare rates.
As a result, per-service payments from the two programs come close to matching in some states, while in others doctors are paid much less for their low-income patients than for their elderly patients. The fear is that physicians in low-paying states will stop seeing Medicaid patients. Here is a sampling of what states pay for an initial office visit with a new patient under Medicare and Medicaid. The percentages reflect Medicaid payments in proportion to Medicare payments.
Note: rates for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York are average for state's multiple geographic Medicare payment areas Source: "Equal Pay for Equal Work? Not for Medicaid Doctors," Public Citizen, September Copyright 2007 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
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