A.How would the estimate of Medicaid/Self-Pay encounters change if ABD Hospitalist practice estimated that its Medicaid/Self-pay admissions made up of 3% of the encounters and the Medicaid/Self-Pay follow-up encounters made up 9% of the encounters instead of the distribution of visits by intensity shown below in Table A?

Table A:

Commerical Medicare Medicaid/Selfpay Total

Admissions 9% 14% 2% 25%

Follow up 22% 42% 6% 75%

Total 36% 56% 8% 100%