Declining reimbursement has caused physicians, including gastroenterologists, to reconsider the role Medicare and Medicaid patients will play in their practice.
Physicians limiting the number of Medicare patients:
• Orthopedic surgeons: 50 percent
• Gastroenterologists: 47 percent
• Family medicine physicians 45 percent
• Neurologists: 43 percent
• Cardiologists: 39 percent
• Urologists: 35 percent
Physicians no longer accepting Medicaid patients:
• Dermatologists: 66 percent
• Endocrinologists: 64 percent
• Internists: 58 percent
• Physical medicine physicians: 57 percent
• Adult psychiatrists: 53 percent
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