Assignment Task: External factors are things that impact a business of which they have no control over. Government payment programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, are examples of these external factors.
Approximately 70 million people are served by Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Many people think that all doctors should accept Medicaid, however Medicaid pays the least amount of reimbursement than any other insurance coverage.
Q1. Explain why physicians should not be required to accept all Medicaid patients.
Q2. Describe how all physicians being required to accept Medicaid could affect someone without?Medicaid when it comes to visiting a?physician. (Hint: How would it impact other patients negatively?)
Q3. Discuss how this could affect our healthcare system if physicians were required to accept all Medicaid patients.