State Health Compare provides state-level rates of physicians who reported accepting payments from Medicaid patients across different timeframes and breakdowns (e.g., type of clinical setting, share of Medicaid patients, ratio of mid-level providers). Estimates for this measure are representative of non-federally employed office-based physicians who engage primarily in direct patient care and are based on findings from the National Electronic Health Records Survey (NEHRS) fielded by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
This brief summarizes key findings from a 2021 paper, “The effect of Medicaid expansion on Medicaid participation, payer mix, and labor supply in primary care,” authored by Dr. Hannah T. Neprash and colleagues. This study was the first to provide direct answers about concrete ways (appointments offered, appointment payer mix) that clinicians responded to the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid.
This blog post outlines physician acceptance of new patients measures (including whether or not they accept Medicaid patients) presented by SHADAC under contract with MACPAC. These measures are based on data from the National Electronic Health Records Survey (NEHRS) and provide estimates for different pooled data years.