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Medicaid acceptance at 33% for dermatologists

Publish date: April 27, 2017
By
Richard Franki

 

Medicaid acceptance was just over 33% among dermatologists in the 2017 edition of an ongoing survey conducted in 15 large cities by physician recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins.

That was up from 27% in the previous survey, conducted in 2014, but lower than the average of 41% for dermatologists in 15 midsized cities that were included for the first time in 2017, the company reported.

Survey: Average Medicare acceptance rates for 30 cities
The highest large-city acceptance rate was 85% in Minneapolis (up from just 15% in 2014), with Fargo, N.D., the highest among the midsized cities at 100%. There was a four-way tie for the lowest rate in the large cities: 10% in Dallas, Houston, Seattle, and Washington. The low end of the acceptance scale for midsized cities featured Lafayette, La., and Odessa, Tex., at 0, Merritt Hawkins said.

Investigators called 286 randomly selected dermatologists in the large cities and 93 dermatologists in the midsized cities in January and February. It was the fourth such survey the company has conducted since 2004.

The survey also included four other specialties – cardiology, family medicine, ob.gyn., and orthopedic surgery. The Medicaid acceptance rate for all 1,414 physicians in all five specialties in the 15 large cities was 53%, and the average rate for all specialties in the midsized cities was 60% for the 494 offices surveyed. Cardiology had the highest rates by specialty and dermatology the lowest in both the large and midsized cities, the company said.

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