However, around 22 percent said they needed all payers and 12 percent said dropping those insurers was inappropriate behavior. When asked about Medicare and Medicaid patients specifically, 61 percent said they would continue taking new and current Medicare and Medicaid patients. Only 9 percent planned to stop taking Medicare/Medicaid patients and 30 percent didn’t know yet.
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