Even if consumers make a wholehearted effort to find a plan that still has their doctor within the insurance company’s network, many doctors may soon decide that it is not worth the effort or the money, unfortunately. Over the last seven weeks not only has the enrollment in the federal market places been under-target but, interestingly enough, a large percentage of those who did sign up for care did so for Medicaid. Traditionally, reimbursements to doctors under Medicaid has been far less than those in the employer-sponsored and individual markets. As a result, many doctors will see the shift in their new-patient pool lean towards more indigent patients who are on Medicaid, and who also likely have more chronic illnesses that will require more care. Based on this shift, doctors again may find it unsustainable to take on a higher volume of patients at lower reimbursement and still be able to provide affordable quality care.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:16:13 +0000
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