Medical Expense✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
A physician who accepts Medicare assignment agrees to:
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Why A is correct
A participating provider who accepts Medicare assignment agrees to accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full for covered services, billing the beneficiary only for the applicable deductible and coinsurance. Non-assignment providers may charge more than the approved amount, and the beneficiary can be liable for the difference. The assignment versus non-assignment distinction is expressly tested under AH-III.D.1h. Assignment protects beneficiaries from balance billing by limiting their liability to the Medicare cost-sharing amounts.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Providers, not beneficiaries, submit claims, and assignment providers do not bill the full amount.
- C) Charging more than the approved amount is the hallmark of non-assignment providers.
- D) Assignment is about accepting Medicare's payment terms, not restricting how the patient pays.
Memory hook
Assignment = the Medicare-approved amount is payment in full.