Medscape (6/6, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that the percentage of psychiatrists who accept Medicaid is declining while the percentage of primary care physicians and other specialists that accept Medicaid is not. The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry. Sandra Decker, PhD, a senior fellow at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, said, “It is fairly well known that not too many psychiatrists accept Medicaid (or other insurance for that matter). Not sure I completely understand why ACA might be expected to affect that, but I guess it never hurts to draw attention to the fact that acceptance of Medicaid among psychiatrists is low.”
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— “Psychiatrists’ Acceptance of Medicaid Patients Remains Low, “Megan Brooks, Medscape, June 6, 2019