Medical Expense✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
A physician who accepts assignment under Medicare agrees to:
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Why A is correct
Assignment is the agreement by a provider to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for a service. The provider bills Medicare and may collect only the beneficiary's applicable deductible and coinsurance. A participating provider accepts assignment for all Medicare services; a non-participating provider may decline assignment on some claims and then may balance-bill, subject to the limiting charge. This distinction is tested under the Medicare claims and payment objectives.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Balance billing above the approved amount beyond the permitted limits is exactly what assignment prevents; accepting assignment means taking the approved amount as full payment.
- C) Assignment applies to Original Medicare fee-for-service claims, not to provider contracts within Medicare Advantage networks.
- D) Assignment is a payment agreement, not a mechanism for waiving cost-sharing; that is handled by Medi-Cal or cost-sharing assistance programs.
Memory hook
Assignment = the provider takes Medicare's approved price as the whole bill, plus only your deductible and coinsurance.