If your days-in-AR is over 35, you don't have a collections problem — you have an intake and verification problem. By the time a claim hits the aging report, the cost to resolve it has 5x'd.
Our highest-impact tactic: dedicated insurance verification 5 days before every visit, with eligibility, plan max, and prior-auth flagged in the chart note. This single change typically removes 30–40% of all denials.
Combine that with a dedicated denial-management associate who works denials within 48 hours, and AR days tend to drop from the 40s to the mid-20s within a quarter.
"The systems that worked for one location will fail at three. Centralize early."
