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What are the warning signs my practice is losing revenue?

The earliest signs show up in the metrics months before cash flow drops: a clean claim rate slipping below 95%, days in A/R climbing past 40, the over-90-day bucket creeping above 15–20%, and a growing write-off line. A practice can look fine on collections while quietly leaking tens of thousands a month if these indicators are drifting.

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What actually matters

  • Clean claim rate under 95% means rework and delay are building upstream
  • Days in A/R over 40, or an over-90 bucket above 15–20%, signals claims parking unworked
  • A denial rate above 10% — or one you don't measure at all — is a red flag
  • A rising write-off line next to steady collections is the classic quiet leak
  • 'We collect 97–99%' with no formula behind it usually means the number is massaged
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Common questions

What KPIs show a practice is losing money?

Net collection rate below 96%, days in A/R over 40, over-90-day A/R above 15–20%, clean claim rate under 95%, and denial rate over 10%. Track them monthly against MGMA benchmarks.

How early can you catch a revenue problem?

Usually 6–8 months before it hits cash flow, if you watch leading indicators like clean claim rate and A/R aging. Most practices notice only after collections drop, which is far too late to recover the earliest claims.

Where Volari fits: Volari's free assessment reads your remittances and surfaces exactly where revenue is leaking — denials, underpayments, and aged A/R — with the recoverable dollars named.

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