What States Don't Permit Doctors To Overcharge What Medicare Pays? 
First of all , Medicare is ran by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS as it is more popularly known . This is a federal agency so it is not state ran . Therefore , all states equally accept what Medicare pays as the final payment and can not balance bill a senior . Physicians must take a certain percentage of patients that are one Medicare . They agree by contract to accept the Medicare payment schedule and prohibited by law to balance bill . 