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

GeBBS Announces Outsourcing Contract with a Large Provider of Hospital Collection Services

13 September 2006

Bank of America Acquires Healthcare Billing and Back-end Technology Company

12 September 2006

Per-Se Technologies to Present on September 12 at the Bear Stearns Annual Healthcare Conference

12 September 2006

Lighthouse1 Teams With First Data and UMB Healthcare Services to Launch Innovative Health Payments Program

12 September 2006

UNC Healthcare President Responds to Critics

12 September 2006

Howard University Hospital Outsources Outpatient ARM to Per-Se Technologies

12 September 2006

Centene Files Appeal with State of Kansas

12 September 2006

California General Assembly Votes to Outlaw Private Health Insurance

12 September 2006

Indian Healthcare BPO Firm Acquires US Medical Collector

12 September 2006

Patients Confused by Healtcare Provider, Debt Buyer

12 September 2006

Centene to Appeal Kansas Cancellation

12 September 2006

United Medicorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

12 September 2006

athenahealth Launches National Database of Medical Practice Performance Metrics

12 September 2006

Collection Agency Challenges Local Government on Immigrant Medical Debt

12 September 2006

Central Oregon Electronic Medical Records Selects eClinicalWorks Unified EMR and PM Solution

12 September 2006

Tennessee Anesthesia Group Outsources Financial Services, Revenue Cycle Management Services to Per-Se Technologies

12 September 2006

Healthcare BPO Company Cymetrix Expands to East Coast

12 September 2006

United Medicorp Announces Acquisition Of Contract Rights for BPO Services

12 September 2006

Integrated Health Card Will Give Consumers All-in-One Access to Their Health Care and Financial Information

12 September 2006

Medical Transcription in the Era of Electronic Medical Records

12 September 2006