90% of Patient Ledgers Are Wrong - Here's Why. - (The Dental Billing Podcast) Podcast Details

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What if the number on your AR report is giving you false comfort and your patient ledgers are quietly wrong? We dig into a hard truth from dental billing and revenue cycle management: most practices have never audited their ledgers line by line, which means balances, credits, adjustments, and write-offs can be fundamentally inaccurate. That is not just a money problem. It is a patient trust problem, and it can become a compliance problem fast.

We get practical about reading dental practice reports the right way, starting with the biggest mistake we see: lumping patient AR and insurance AR into one number. Those buckets behave differently, follow different rules, and demand different follow-up. We also talk about aging, why over-90-day AR often has low collectability, and why an AR cleanup project should be treated as a cleanup project so you can get clean reports and real visibility.

Then we break down the biller levels that determine whether your practice protects revenue or leaks it: A players, B players, and C players. A player billers dissect the EOB, compare it to the breakdown of benefits, challenge underpayments and denials, and understand key rules like prompt pay law and the right to recovery. We also shine a light on the most neglected report in dentistry, the credit balance report, and why patient credits can turn into unclaimed property obligations depending on your state.

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