Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics
Latest Data: 2013
Release Timing: March 2015
Contact: Sandra Decker, sdecker@cdc.gov

Medicaid is a health care program that assists low-income families or individuals in paying for long-term medical and custodial care costs. Medicaid is a joint program, funded primarily by the federal government and run at the state level, where coverage may vary.  There is a significant relationship between state financial conditions and the willingness of doctors to accept new Medicaid patients. 

This statistic shows the percentage of doctors willing to accept new Medicaid patients reported in NCHS Data Brief No. 195, March 2015 called  "Acceptance of New Patients With Public and Private Insurance by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2013.   This is the most recent data available as of April 30, 2018.