AR Follow-Up

Stop Leaving Revenue
Sitting in Your AR Bucket

An AR Follow-Up VA from HealthSystemVAs systematically works your aged accounts receivable — calling payers on outstanding claims, fixing and resubmitting denials, and recovering revenue that's been sitting in your 60-, 90-, and 120-day AR buckets.

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What Is a AR Follow-Up VA?

An AR Follow-Up VA from HealthSystemVAs works your clinic's aged accounts receivable report — prioritizing claims by payer, age, and dollar amount, calling payers to get claim status, correcting denied or underpaid claims, resubmitting with corrections, and escalating complex cases to your billing team. They work your AR daily, systematically reducing the backlog and recovering revenue.

Who This Is For

PT, chiropractic, and outpatient clinics with AR buckets showing significant balances in the 60-day, 90-day, or 120+ day columns, or practices where billing staff don't have bandwidth to work every outstanding claim.

Problems This Solves

  • Significant revenue sitting in 60–120+ day AR buckets
  • Claims going to write-off without follow-up attempt
  • Billing staff too busy with new claims to work old ones
  • No dedicated resource for payer follow-up calls
  • Denial appeals not being pursued
What Your VA Handles

Tasks Your AR Follow-Up VA Takes Off Your Plate

AR Report Review

Prioritize claims by age, payer, and dollar amount for systematic daily follow-up.

Payer Call Follow-Up

Call insurance carriers to get claim status, identify issues, and document findings in real time.

Claim Correction & Resubmission

Correct claim errors based on denial reason codes and resubmit electronically for payment.

Denial Appeals

Prepare written appeals or peer-to-peer review requests for clinically-based denials.

EOB/ERA Reconciliation

Match payments to outstanding claims and identify underpaid or partially paid claims for follow-up.

AR Aging Reporting

Weekly AR aging summaries showing progress against each bucket and projected recovery.

EMR / EHR Support

Works With Your Existing Software

Your VA is trained on your specific platform before going live. Supported systems include:

Kareo AdvancedMD Tebra WebPT DrChrono eClinicalWorks athenahealth Cliniko Jane App Practice Fusion

Using something else? We train your VA on your platform at no extra charge.

KPIs We Track

How We Measure Success

  • Total AR by age bucket (weekly tracking)
  • Dollars recovered per week/month
  • % of 90+ day claims resolved (paid or appealed)
  • Days in A/R overall (target: reduction month-over-month)
  • Write-off rate (target: reduction)
HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA-First, Every Time

AR follow-up involves accessing patient financial records, EOBs, and claim histories containing PHI. Your VA works exclusively within your billing system using role-based access and encrypted connections, following HIPAA minimum necessary principles at every step.

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Implementation

Timeline to Go Live

1
Day 1–3: Free audit, needs scoping, and role definition
2
Day 4–7: Candidate sourcing and profile delivery
3
Day 8–10: You interview and select your VA
4
Day 11–14: EMR training, compliance docs, go-live
FAQ

Common Questions About AR Follow-Up VAs

Recovery amounts vary significantly by clinic, AR age, payer mix, and original denial reasons. Clinics with significant 90–120+ day balances and no current follow-up process commonly see material recoveries. We'll review your AR aging report during the free audit to give you a realistic estimate.

We typically prioritize by: (1) dollar amount — highest value claims first, (2) payer — commercial payers with defined appeal windows, (3) age — before timely filing deadlines expire. We'll build a prioritization framework specific to your payer mix.

Your VA can handle both — working the new denial queue to prevent claims from aging, and systematically working through your existing aged AR backlog. We'll define the scope based on your team's needs.

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