Medical Expense✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
A Medicare provider who 'accepts assignment' agrees to:
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Why A is correct
A provider who accepts assignment agrees to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services, billing Medicare for its share and collecting only the deductible and coinsurance from the beneficiary. Non-assignment providers may charge more than the approved amount. Assignment status directly affects the beneficiary's out-of-pocket cost and is a claims/payment concept in the Medicare material (AH-III.D.1h).
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Assignment providers bill Medicare and collect only the patient's share; they do not charge the full amount to the beneficiary.
- C) Accepting assignment means treating Medicare patients under Medicare's payment terms, not refusing them.
- D) Charging above the approved amount is the mark of a non-assignment provider, not one who accepts assignment.
Memory hook
Assignment = the provider takes Medicare's price as final. Non-assignment adds a surcharge.