04 · AR Cleanup (project)

AR cleanup project.

We work through aged AR for your practice as a one-time fixed-scope project. That means claims and patient balances that have been sitting unpaid for months, often past 60, 90, or 120 days.

What this is

AR (accounts receivable) is the money owed to your practice that has not been collected yet. Some of it is from insurance companies on claims that have been submitted but not paid. Some of it is from patients on balances left over after insurance.

Over time, AR ages. Most practice management software reports it in 30-day buckets: current, 30, 60, 90, and 120 or more. The longer a claim or balance sits, the harder it is to collect. Appeal windows close. Patients move. Documentation gets harder to find. By the time something is 120 days old, recovery rates have dropped sharply.

Most practices end up with a bucket of aged AR that nobody has time to work through. New production keeps coming in, current claims keep getting submitted, and the old stuff just sits.

What we do

AR cleanup is a one-time, fixed-scope project. We pull the aging report from your PMS, sort the claims by bucket and reason, and then we work each one.

For each claim, we read the EOB. If the appeal window is still open and the claim is fixable, we correct it and resubmit. If it is appealable on the merits, we file the appeal. If neither path makes sense (the window is closed, the documentation is not there, the carrier has issued a final denial), we recommend writing the claim off, and we write down the reason.

At the end of the project you have two things. You have a claim-by-claim disposition log that shows what happened on each claim. You have a recovery summary that shows what was collected and what was written off.

How the handoff works

What we need from your office, and what you get at the end.

From your office
  • Read access to your PMS
  • Your aging report, or we will pull it
  • Payer portal logins where we need them
At the end of the project
  • A claim-by-claim disposition log
  • A recovery summary by aging bucket
  • Write-off recommendations with the reasoning written down
Common questions

Questions practice owners ask first.

Where this fits

Cleanup is a one-time fix. Monthly billing keeps it from happening again.

AR gets old when claims sit in a queue nobody works. Once the bucket is clear, the only way to keep it that way is to keep working the queue. That is what the monthly insurance billing service is for.

Service

Insurance Billing

Recurring billing keeps the next cleanup from happening. Same team, ongoing claims, posting, and aging follow-up.

Insurance billing →
Service

Patient Billing

Statements branded as your practice for the balance left after insurance pays.

Patient billing →
Get started

See whether we are a fit for your practice.

A 30-minute call about your practice, your PMS, your typical payer mix, and what is sitting in the aging bucket right now. We respond within one business day.