Physicians reluctant to accept ACA patients

Laura Pedulli | October 29, 2014 | Health Exec | Economics

Physicians are limiting how many new ACA-insured patients they are taking as exchange plans often have lower reimbursement rates, reports USA Today.

“The exchanges have become very much like Medicaid. Physicians who are in solo practices have to be careful to not take too many patients reimbursed at lower rates or they're not going to be in business very long," said Andrew Kleinman, a plastic surgeon and president of the Medical Society of the State of New York, according to the article.

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