Table 2: Number and Percentage of Physicians Formally Opting out of Medicare, by State, 2020

NOTE: Note: Physician counts include active allopathic and osteopathic medicine physicians. Pediatricians excluded from analysis. Select other clinicians with doctorates (chiropractors, optometrists, oral surgeons, and podiatrists) who have opted out of Medicare are not shown in this state table, but are included in Table 1. SOURCE: KFF analysis of: ¹Physician counts from Redi-Data, Inc, July 2020, using American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile; ²Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Opt-Out Affidavits https://data.cms.gov/Medicare-Enrollment/Opt-Out-Affidavits/7yuw-754z (September 2020).