When a Physician Agrees to Accept Assignment for a Medicare

question 74

Multiple Choice

When a physician agrees to accept assignment for a Medicare patient, this means the physician ____.

• A) bills Medicare for the cost of service not covered by Medicaid
• B) will accept Medicare but not Medicaid patients
• C) will accept the amount of money Medicaid pays as payment in full
• D) will accept only emergency patients covered by Medicaid
• E) bills the patient for the cost of service not covered by Medicare

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