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.

See all Topics

UBS Hosts Global Healthcare Services Conference Starting Today

12 February 2007

Hospitals Offer Discounts, Credit Cards to Reduce Unpaid Bills

12 February 2007

Fitch Report: Bad Debt in the U.S. For-Profit Hospital Sector

12 February 2007

PFS Resources Group Changes Name to Expeditive

9 February 2007

Hospitals Set to Lose Medicaid Millions

9 February 2007

ACF Medical Services Announces $115 million Medical Debt Portfolio Purchase

9 February 2007

Medical Biller Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment for Medicare Fraud

8 February 2007

New Hampshire Privacy Case Could Have National Implications

8 February 2007

Ascension Health to Buy Hospital System from Archdiocese of Boston

7 February 2007

Creative Benefits Completes Integration with First Data and UMB

7 February 2007

CareMedic Systems Announces New Revenue Cycle Performance Dashboard

7 February 2007

Kaiser Permanente Lauds Schwarzenegger's Health Reform Focus

7 February 2007

MedAssets Net Revenue Systems Releases Update to Hospital Pricing Simulator

6 February 2007

CMS Declines Cyberonics' Formal Request to Expand Coverage of VNS Therapy

6 February 2007

County Kept Hospital Closure Proposal From Public

6 February 2007

Fair Isaac Introduces State Compliance Solution for Pharmaceutical Industry

6 February 2007

Centene Corporation Reports 2006 Fourth Quarter Results

6 February 2007

Coalition Vows Support to California Universal Healthcare Plan

6 February 2007

Triad Hospitals to Go Private in $6.4 billion Deal

5 February 2007

Medical Billing and Coding Certificate Program Now Offered at Drexel University

5 February 2007