Accepting Medicaid Patients

Accepting Medicaid Patients

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1. Select a health care facility or service that accepts Medicaid.
   Identify ways that Medicaid discounting can cause hardships on the type of facility that you selected.
   Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that explores how Medicaid participation has affected organizational finances and what can be done to reduce any loss incurred.
   Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
   Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

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ACCEPTING MEDICAID PATIENTS

Medicaid is a program financed by the federal government but operated at the state level to help citizens from low-income families pay for their medical services. To qualify for Medicaid, one has to meet specific standards and qualifications, (Heck, 2013). For example, one must be a legal citizen of the United States.  Medicaid also covers those who are not able to work due to physical disabilities, the elderly, pregnant women, children, single parent families and families with unemployed parents.

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