Home Health AR Follow-Up & Recovery
Every aging claim is revenue you have already earned. We work your outstanding and unpaid claims to resolution — lowering days in AR and recovering cash that would otherwise slip away.
Why agencies outsource AR follow-up
Fewer Days in AR
Daily, priority-based follow-up shrinks your average days in AR and steadies cash flow.
Aged-Claim Recovery
We work the 90+ and 120+ day buckets before claims age out of filing limits.
Higher Net Collections
Persistent payer follow-up turns outstanding balances into posted payments.
Clean AR Reporting
Uncollectible claims are documented and cleared so your aging report reflects reality.
Payer-Mix Coverage
Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial claims all worked to resolution.
No Added Headcount
Scale AR follow-up without hiring, training, or managing an internal team.
Our AR follow-up process
AR Aging Review
- Full aged-AR audit by bucket
- High-value & high-age prioritization
- Timely-filing risk flagging
Active Follow-Up
- Payer calls & portal status checks
- Claim correction & resubmission
- Documentation requests handled
Escalation & Resolution
- Denials routed for appeal
- Underpayments challenged
- Write-off recommendations with reasons
Reporting & Prevention
- Days-in-AR trend reporting
- Root causes fed to billing & coding
- Ongoing aging-bucket monitoring
Home health AR follow-up FAQs
What is AR follow-up in home health billing?
Accounts receivable (AR) follow-up is the systematic work of chasing every outstanding home health claim until it is paid or resolved. It includes tracking aged claims, calling and portal-checking payers on unpaid balances, correcting and resubmitting claims, and escalating denials — so revenue you have already earned actually reaches your bank account instead of aging out.
How does AR follow-up reduce our days in AR?
By working claims by aging bucket and dollar priority every day, an AR team keeps balances from slipping past timely-filing limits and resolves payer issues before they compound. Prioritizing high-value and high-age claims, and fixing the errors that stall payment, steadily lowers your average days in AR and improves cash flow predictability.
Can you recover old or aged home health claims?
Yes. We audit your aged AR — including claims sitting in the 90+ and 120+ day buckets — identify which are still recoverable within filing and appeal windows, and work them systematically. Claims that are genuinely uncollectible are flagged for write-off with a documented reason so your AR reporting stays clean.
What is a good days-in-AR benchmark for a home health agency?
Home health agencies generally target average days in AR in the 40–50 day range, with a healthy share of AR under 90 days old. The exact benchmark depends on payer mix and PDGM period timing, but persistently rising AR days or a growing 90+ bucket is a signal that follow-up needs to be tightened.
Turn aging claims into cash
Let our AR specialists work your outstanding claims to resolution so you can focus on patient care. Pair AR follow-up with our denial management service to protect every dollar of earned revenue.
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