Medical receivables are the amounts owed by third-party payers to healthcare providers. The party owing the money can be commercial insurance companies, HMOs, Medicare and Medicaid, or patients (if there is an outstanding balance after insurance or another payer has paid its portion). Medical receivables are usually payable 60 to 120 days after service is rendered, though some reimbursements lag further behind, creating cash flow issues for healthcare providers, who typically need to pay expenses in a shorter time frame.
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In Case You Missed It -- Healthcare Daily Digest for Wednesday, 19 December
19 December 2012
Medical Coding Error Leads to Media Vigilante Action
18 December 2012
Use EMR Templates? CMS Now Watching You
18 December 2012
In Case You Missed It -- Healthcare Daily Digest for Tuesday, 18 December
18 December 2012
Medicare Cuts: How Healthcare Providers and Collection Agencies Can Fight Back
17 December 2012
Man Gets Arrested on Purpose to Get Free Prison Health Care
17 December 2012
Most Governors Content to Let Feds Run Health Insurance Exchanges in Their State
17 December 2012
Healthcare Providers Have Powerful Allies in Collection Agencies
17 December 2012
"In Case You Missed It" Healthcare Daily Digest for Monday, 17 December
17 December 2012
Decision Day for Health Insurance Exchanges: 3 Questions
14 December 2012
"In Case You Missed It" Healthcare Daily Digest for Friday, 14 December
14 December 2012
How to Achieve Better Patient A/R Management through Secondary Service Providers
13 December 2012
4 Ways Insurers and Employers Dump Costs onto Healthcare Providers
13 December 2012
"In Case You Missed It" Healthcare Daily Digest for Thursday, 13 December
13 December 2012
Audit Program Charged with Uncovering Medicaid Waste Found to be Wasteful
12 December 2012
"In Case You Missed It" Healthcare Daily Digest for Wednesday, 12 December
12 December 2012
Healthcare Execs Awaiting HIPAA Modifications
11 December 2012
Executive Change: Rob Augg Joins Receivables Management Partners as Business Development Executive
11 December 2012
Medicaid Expansion -- Who's In? Who's Out? Who Hasn't Decided?
10 December 2012
State Says Accretive Health Did Not Violate Debt Collection Laws
7 December 2012