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How do I reduce days in A/R?
You reduce days in A/R by submitting cleaner claims faster, following up on the aging buckets on a schedule, and clearing the denials and underpayments that quietly park money past 90 days. A well-run practice keeps days in A/R under 40 and the over-90 bucket under 15–20% of total A/R.
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What actually matters
- Submit claims within 24–48 hours of the visit and fix clearinghouse rejections same-day
- Work the aging report by bucket on a cadence — 30, 60, 90 — not oldest-last when someone has time
- Separate insurance A/R from patient A/R; they need different workflows
- Attack the over-90 bucket specifically — it's where denied and underpaid claims hide and age out of timely-filing windows
- Measure days in A/R and the over-90 percentage monthly so the trend is visible
Common questions
What is a good days-in-A/R number?
Under 40 days is strong; 40–50 is typical; over 50 signals a follow-up or denial problem. The over-90-day bucket should stay under about 15–20% of total A/R.
Where Volari fits: The over-90 bucket is exactly where Volari finds recoverable money — denied and underpaid claims that aged out of anyone's follow-up.
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