CARC · PR group
PR-1
Deductible amount
Patient responsibility; billable to the patient
- What it means
- The dollars are the patient's unmet deductible, not a denial.
- Likely cause
- January and February sessions on high-deductible plans.
- How to fix it
- Verify deductible status before the session, collect at time of service, and reconcile PR-1 balances against patient payments monthly.
- Revenue impact
- Collectible revenue that quietly becomes bad debt after 90 days.
- patient responsibility
- deductible
- collections
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