In medical billing, accounts receivable is the total amount owed to a practice by insurers and patients for care already delivered. It is usually split into insurance AR and patient AR, and reported by age.
AR follow-up is the work of checking on unpaid claims and pushing each one to payment or resolution.
Related terms
- AR aging
- Accounts receivable grouped by how long it has been outstanding.
- Days in AR
- The average number of days it takes to collect payment after a service.
- Timely filing limit
- The deadline by which a claim must be submitted to the payer.