Providers in the Detroit area are the most likely to accept Medicaid patients, while those in the Dallas area are the least likely, according to a new survey from staffing firms AMN Healthcare and Merritt Hawkins.
The survey was released Sept. 12 and includes data from 1,034 physician offices in 15 metropolitan areas. The average acceptance rates are based on five specialties: family medicine, cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics-gynecology and orthopedics.
The average Medicaid acceptance rate among the surveyed cities is 54 percent, up from 53 percent in 2017.
Cities ranked by average Medicaid acceptance rates:
Detroit: 83 percent
Minneapolis: 72 percent
Denver 72: percent
Philadelphia: 66 percent
Portland, Ore.: 64 percent
Boston: 63 percent
Los Angeles: 54 percent
Atlanta: 54 percent
Seattle: 51 percent
Miami: 48 percent
Houston: 44 percent
Washington, D.C.: 43 percent
San Diego: 37 percent
New York: 31 percent
Dallas: 30 percent