{"id":12426,"date":"2019-01-16T08:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2019-01-16T08:42:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:42:25","slug":"what-does-it-mean-when-a-doctor-accepts-medicare-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12426","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean when a doctor accepts Medicare assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean when your doctors, hospitals, medical equipment suppliers, and other healthcare providers that participate or \u201caccept assignment\u201d in Medicare? It means your out-of-pocket costs may be less. What if your doctors accept Medicare only for certain services and others don\u2019t accept it at all? The attached article reviews what it means if your doctor or other provider accepts Medicare assignment and those providers that are \u201cnon-participating\u201d providers. <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/ramona\/how-keep-down-your-medicare-costs\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7817\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean when your doctors, hospitals, medical equipment suppliers, and other healthcare providers that participate or \u201caccept assignment\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12428,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12426\/revisions\/12428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}