How to cut days in A/R below 40, and keep it there
Days in accounts receivable is the metric every practice quotes and few can move. The fix is rarely working the queue harder. It is finding the three places the clock is quietly running.
The five denial codes that cost practices the most
In most practices, denial dollars concentrate in a handful of reason codes. Here is what each one really means and what stops it.
What clean claim rate actually measures, and what it hides
Most practices report a clean claim rate above 95%. Many of them are measuring the wrong thing, and the number goes up precisely when the process gets worse.
Reading an 835 remittance line by line
The 835 is the most information-dense document in the revenue cycle and the least read. Here is how to follow one from the payment header down to a single service line.
Eligibility checks that prevent denials before the visit
A 270 request costs pennies and takes seconds. Run at the right moment, it removes an entire category of denial. Run at the wrong moment, it tells you nothing you can use.