Becker's Healthcare March 29, 2024
Becker’s connected with M. Shafeeq Ahmed, MD, president of Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center in Columbia, Md., to discuss the risks the increasing number of physicians electing not to accept payments from Medicare poses to care delivery as a whole.
Note: This response has been edited lightly for length and clarity.
Question: Thirty-five percent of physicians surveyed by Medscape have said they are not sure if they will continue to accept Medicare. If those physicians were to drop Medicare patients, how will this affect patient care? How will this shift healthcare delivery as a whole?
Dr. M. Shafeeq Ahmed: I do understand that there are issues on both sides of this, but this trend does concern me. There is...
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