CARC · OA group
OA-94
Processed in excess of charges
Other adjustment; informational or offset
- What it means
- The payer paid more than the billed amount, or a posting mismatch exists.
- Likely cause
- Overpayment, duplicate payment, or a fee schedule loaded above the billed charge.
- How to fix it
- Identify overpayments proactively and refund or reserve for recoupment; unrecorded overpayments become surprise takebacks.
- Revenue impact
- A liability, not revenue. Common source of later cash-flow shocks.
- overpayment
- recoupment
- reconciliation
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