We are not contracted with any MCR managed cares. We do however, take MCR traditional card, red/white/blue. The doctor says that if he has an existing patient who has a mcr managed care, he will see them, if a new patient he won't.
He can keep his existing patients but not accept new patients in those plans but the problem is that he may not be in network with the managed care plans so as Merry said he wouldn't be able to bill the patients. But as long as his policy is "accept existing patients with a change of payer" that is ok.
confused? If a patient is coming in with straight Medicare and all of a sudden switches to managed Medicare without informing the office (happens all the time), what if the office is not in network with a managed Medicare HMO....