Accounts Receivable report details

Basis

This section shows the criteria, according to which the information is sorted.

Patient ID

Patient ID defined by the patient code in Patient>General>Basic.

Patient Name

Name of the patient stored in Patient>General>Basic.

Total

Amount of receivables that is to be paid. It is generated once the billing cycle is closed.

0 – 25, 26 – 40,

etc

Amount of receivables that was already billed in the given period of time defined for the report.

Branch

Patients of the corresponding branch chosen for the report.

Total for branch

Amount of receivables that is to be paid for the corresponding branch.

Grand total

Amount of the receivables of all branches put together.

Insurance

Names of the companies responsible for the payment chosen in the report.

Insurance code

Code of the insurance company chosen in the report.

Insurance Type

Type of the insurance company chosen in the report.

Accounts Receivable, Beginning Balance

Balance in the beginning of the month.

New claims billed in the period

Amount of new claims, which appeared in the given month.

Replacement claims billed in the period

Amount of replacement claims, which appeared in the given month. A replacement claim occurs when a claim has been voided and replaced. This occurs many times when you have billed the wrong payer for a patient or have a late time sheet. This will be a positive balance.

Claims created and voided in this period

Amount of the claims, which were created and voided in the given month. These go with the replacement claims and will be a negative amount.

Claims billed in for the current period

General amount of claims billed in for the current period. This is the sum of new claims plus replacement claims minus the voided claims.

Claims created in the prior period, voided in this period

Amount of claims that were created earlier but voided in this month. Once a month has been closed, all adjustments from prior months will roll forward into the current month.

Total Incremental increase/decrease to AR this period

Amount of increase or decrease in this month and is a combination of the above columns.

Collections for the period

Amount of the month's collections and should balance to your Collections Journal.

Adjustments for the period

Amount of the month's adjustments and should balance to your Collections Journal. Adjustments will reflect write-offs taken during the payment posting only.

Accounts Receivable, Ending Balance

Final amount of the month's receivables.