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Generate a 1000-word business report to examine the economy of scales of Road Office 1 and Sea Office 2. How
are these medical practices doing overall? Pay attention to the First Billed Charges, Payments and Accounts
Receivables.
How many patients are going to each practice in the last 12 months? Revenue in the last 12 months for each? Is one
practice doing better compared to the other? Are they generating the same revenues? How are the insurance claim
reimbursements influencing the practices revenue?
REMEMBER TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FROM THE CHARTS
In your conclusion, make an assessment. Should the healthcare corporation continue to keep both medical practices?
Should only one remain? Or is business really good that the corporation could consider acquisition of more medical
practices? Use business analytic concepts to answer this question.
Be sure to include pictures and citations where you cite the page numbers from this case study.
*This is a case study of a finance report of a medical practice. Do not worry about the overload of information.
Simply focus on ensuring that you address the questions in the business report.
October 2020
Table of Contents
1. Summary
2. Patient Activity
a. Patients Seen
b. New Patients Seen
c. Scheduled Appointments
d. Encounters
3. Billing
a. First Billed Charges
b. First Billed Charges of New Patient Procedure Codes
c. First Billed Claims
d. First Billed Patient Statements
e. First Billed Cash Items
f. First Billed Charges Work RVU
4. Payments
5. Adjustments
6. Patient Refunds
7. Insurance Recoups and Refunds
8. Insurance Entity Level Transactions
9. Accounts Receivable
10. Reimbursement Management System (RMS)
a. Denials
b. First Denials
c. Client Responsibility Incidents
11. Reimbursement Analysis
This report generates every First Day of the Month. It is then updated one day after the Invoice Period is closed; all metrics are updated except
the Accounts Receivable and the Client Responsibility Incidents.
Please note, that many of the metrics are based on effective dates instead of entry dates, which causes some metrics to change from one
scorecard to another. For example, the March scorecard has a payment amount of $120,000 for January, and the April scorecard has a
payment amount of $125,000 for January; the difference of $5,000 is due to payments effective on January that were entered in April.
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1. Summary
FPRR (First Pass Resolution Rate) 67.9% 66.8% 65.9% 64.5% 79.5% -19%
First Billed Charge Amount $406,683.85 $458,716.61 $480,087.71 $437,473.10 $448,496.06 -2%
Insurance Recoup and Refund Amount $3,813.25 $9,010.85 $2,339.13 $11,308.29 $5,054.41 124%
Insurance Entity Level Transaction Amount $40.21 $570.74 $4.51 $1,144.65 $205.15 458%
DSO: The DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) measures the length of time from the date first billed to the payment date. We will report your DSO and focus
on trends that causes reimbursement delays. Unpaid patient balances and incidents in your RMS could have a negative impact on your DSO.
AR>120: Accounts Receivable greater than 120 days since first billed date. We will report your AR > 120 focusing on achieving the lowest % of AR >
120 days. The practice needs to respond timely to requests in the RMS for Medical Records, Authorizations, Coding and /or patient demographics to
ensure denials are worked timely. Unresolved RMS and unpaid patient balances will increase this percentage.
Net Collections: The Net Collection Rate is payments plus adjustments divided into the total billed charges. This is also called “Resolution Rate”. We
will report your Net Collection Rate focusing on achieving the highest possible results. Patient balances and incidents in your RMS could have a
negative impact on Net Collections if left unresolved.
Reimbursement per Encounter: Insurance plus patient payment divided into resolved encounter. We report an average of what you are receiving per
encounter compared to your specialty and industry averages.
Patients seen: Distinct patients seen on a date of service by a provider. An encounter has to be created, patients with unfulfilled appointments are not
included.
New Patients seen: Patients seen for the first time. An encounter has to be created; patients with unfulfilled appointments are not included.
First Billed Charge Amount: Billed amount by first date on which procedures were submitted to the insurance as claims or sent to the patient as
statements; date on which cash items were effectively charged.
Payment Amount: Amount of insurance and patient payments effective during a period of time.
Patient Payment Amount: Amount of patient payments effective during a period of time.
Insurance Payment Amount: Amount of insurance payments effective during a period of time.
Contractual Adjustment Amount: Amount of contractual (insurance) adjustments effective during a period of time.
Manual Adjustment Amount: Amount of manual adjustments effective during a period of time.
Patient Refund Amount: Amount of patient refunds effective during a period of time.
Insurance Recoup and Refund Amount: Amount of insurance recoups and refunds effective during a period of time.
Insurance Entity Level Transaction Amount: Amount of insurance payments, recoups and adjustments, not applied to charges, effective during a period
of time. For example: capitation payments, provider adjustments, interests, penalties, etc.
Accounts Receivable Amount: Remaining balance of charge amounts after applying payments and adjustments.
a. Patients Seen
Hospital A 6 11 2 6 -65%
Hospital B 5 8 3 5 -100%
Annie 5 9 2 11 5 106%
Carter 34 24 52 35 37 -5%
Lauren 1 1 7 1 950%
Martha 11 8 22 6 247%
Hospital A 3 2 1 2 -40%
Hospital B 3 3 2 -100%
Sea Office 2 56 75 70 70 67 4%
Annie 2
Debbie 21 26 24 25 24 6%
Carter 4 10 8 5 7 -32%
Lauren 1
Martha 1
New Patients seen: Patients seen for the first time. An encounter has to be created; patients with unfulfilled appointments are not included.
c. Scheduled Appointments
Fulfilled 999
Canceled 262
Checked Out 2
In House 110
Pending Confirmed 2
TOTAL 1,384
NO SHOW 95
PATIENT RESCHEDULED 91
Other (Grouped) 1
None Specified 70
TOTAL 262
$437,473.10 were first billed in October 2020, with an estimated value of $122,314.94.
First Billed Receiving Lag: For online billing, it is the lag between the charge effective date and the charge create date. For batch billing, it is the lag
between the charge effective date and the billing batch received date. This lag is in business days, Saturdays and Sundays are not included. Only first
billed charges are included.
First Billed Posting Lag: For online billing, this lag is always 0. For batch billing, it is the lag between the billing batch received date and the charge
create date. This lag is in business days, Saturdays and Sundays are not included. Only first billed charges are included.
First Billed Billing Lag: It is the lag between the charge create date and the first billed date. This lag is in business days, Saturdays and Sundays are not
included.
b. First Billed Charges of New Patient Procedure Codes
Last 4 Months First Billed Charge Count of New Patient Procedure Codes by Location
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Location Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
TOTAL 91 93 80 73 88 -17%
Last 4 Months First Billed Charge Count of New Patient Procedure Codes by Provider / Report Tag
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Provider / Report Tag Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
Brad 77 70 55 53 67 -21%
Debbie 11 18 20 16 16 -2%
Carter 3 5 5 3 4 -31%
Lauren 1
TOTAL 91 93 80 73 88 -17%
Last 4 Months First Billed Charge Amount of New Patient Procedure Codes by Location
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Location Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
Last 4 Months First Billed Charge Amount of New Patient Procedure Codes by Provider / Report Tag
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Provider / Report Tag Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
October 2020 First Billed Charges of New Patient Procedure Codes by Top Referring Physicians
73 $21,506.92
TOTAL 73 $21,506.92
October 2020 First Billed Claims by Provider / Report Tag and Top Procedures
Provider / Report Tag
Count Amount
Procedure
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October 2020 First Billed Claims by Provider / Report Tag and Top Procedures
90698-DTAP-HIB-IP VACCINE IM 41 $7,995.00
Provider / Report Tag
Count Amount
Procedure
92551-PURE TONE HEARING TEST AIR 169 $7,393.75
First Billed Patient Statements: Procedure charges first billed as patient statements. The patient statements include mailed statements and courtesy
calls.
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e. First Billed Cash Items
Last 4 Months First Billed Cash Item Amount by Provider / Report Tag
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Provider / Report Tag Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
TOTAL
Last 4 Months First Billed Charge Work RVU by Provider / Report Tag
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Provider / Report Tag Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
TOTAL 1,764.13
Work RVU: Medicare Fee Schedule Work Relative Value Unit times the procedure units of first billed procedures.
4. Payments
Type Amount
TOTAL $10,941.73
Payer Amount
AETNA $8,425.06
TOTAL $149,114.77
Last 4 Months Payment Amount by Location
Jul/20-Sep/20 Oct/20
Location Jul/20 Aug/20 Sep/20 Oct/20
Average vs. AVG
Type Amount
TOTAL $307,588.50
Adjustments: Contractual (insurance) and manual adjustments effective during a period of time.
6. Patient Refunds
Payer Amount
AETNA $434.26
TOTAL $11,308.29
Insurance Recoups and Refunds: Insurance recoups and refunds effective during a period of time.
8. Insurance Entity Level Transactions
Type Amount
TOTAL $1,144.65
Insurance Entity Level Transactions: Insurance payments, recoups and adjustments, not applied to charges, effective during a period of time. For
example: capitation payments, provider adjustments, interests, penalties, etc.
9. Accounts Receivable
Unbilled Charges
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
Accounts Receivable: Remaining balance of charge amounts after applying payments and adjustments.
Insurance Claim - Billing - New: Claims assembled recently that will be submitted to the corresponding insurance during the nightly process.
Insurance Claim - Billing - Saved: Charges that have not been posted, but are saved under insurance responsibility.
Insurance Claim - Billing - Hold: Claims not submitted due to holds at the client or insurance level.
Insurance Claim - Billing - Warning: Claims that cannot be assembled and require some kind of correction.
Patient Statement - Billing - New: Statements scheduled to be sent during the nightly process.
Patient Statement - Billing - Saved: Charges that have not been posted, but are saved under patient responsibility.
Patient Statement - Billing - Hold: Statements not sent due to holds at the patient level.
Patient Statement - Billing - Limit: The patient responsibility balance does not meet the minimum amount per statement, or the patient responsibility
balance is less than the patient unapplied payments, or the patient statement count has reached the statement count limit (usually 3.)
10. Reimbursement Management System (RMS)
a. Denials
Denial Type Charge Count Billed Amount Balance Amount Balance Value
Total Denials: all denials of a charge: first time, second time, etc.
b. First Denials
Hospital A 1 -100%
Hospital B 1 3 1 2 2 20%
Carter 4 7 7 7 6 17%
Lauren 1 1 200%
Client Responsibility Incidents: Incidents in the RMS that need client's attention.
11. Reimbursement Analysis
Nov-2019 $554,959.65 $226,315.65 $173,338.92 $376,005.13 $5,615.60 $1,569.63 $4,045.97 31% 99%
Dec-2019 $529,256.74 $206,189.51 $164,222.09 $355,481.83 $9,552.82 $2,701.72 $6,851.10 31% 98%
Jan-2020 $526,558.45 $197,028.67 $165,984.97 $350,111.88 $10,461.60 $5,599.29 $4,862.31 32% 98%
Feb-2020 $538,052.04 $210,395.67 $160,040.88 $358,289.42 $19,721.74 $7,210.73 $12,511.01 30% 96%
Mar-2020 $652,708.89 $247,035.59 $200,867.69 $429,461.76 $22,379.44 $6,424.92 $15,954.52 31% 97%
Apr-2020 $302,385.42 $103,015.15 $89,944.35 $191,356.86 $21,084.21 $9,169.36 $11,914.85 30% 93%
May-2020 $356,302.97 $91,463.73 $104,257.74 $217,308.40 $34,736.83 $6,695.67 $27,891.56 29% 90%
Jun-2020 $389,091.68 $91,554.60 $114,770.73 $231,401.20 $42,919.75 $9,758.52 $33,161.23 29% 89%
Jul-2020 $406,683.85 $97,337.81 $122,412.98 $252,201.11 $32,069.76 $5,819.86 $26,249.90 30% 92%
Aug-2020 $458,716.61 $96,778.59 $115,204.45 $237,761.58 $105,750.58 $7,063.42 $98,687.16 25% 77%
Sep-2020 $480,087.71 $122,140.69 $113,500.71 $222,269.61 $144,317.39 $14,233.53 $130,083.86 24% 70%
Oct-2020 $437,473.10 $122,314.94 $83,506.48 $157,640.85 $196,325.77 $18,559.11 $177,766.66 19% 55%
TOTAL $5,632,277.11 $1,811,570.60 $1,608,051.99 $3,379,289.63 $644,935.49 $94,805.76 $549,980.13 28% 88%
TOTAL
$4,255,999.69 $1,470,336.38 $1,295,840.35 $2,761,617.59 $198,541.75 $54,949.70 $143,442.45 30% 95%
(90 days Lag)
PRESTIGE HEALTH
CHOICE $660,238.69 $187,216.36 $118,052.84 $388,742.87 $153,442.98 $507.60 $152,935.38 18% 77%
HUMANA INC $634,376.75 $136,545.97 $160,232.57 $374,506.91 $99,637.27 $458.84 $99,178.43 25% 84%
HUMANA CARE PLUS M
C $462,779.85 $84,494.21 $116,890.27 $233,658.25 $112,231.33 $281.82 $111,949.51 25% 76%
FLORIDA BLUE $289,678.25 $113,340.87 $101,856.61 $171,174.73 $16,646.91 $2,349.88 $14,297.03 35% 94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE $279,811.25 $124,561.89 $95,168.28 $171,367.89 $13,275.08 $4,153.20 $9,121.88 34% 95%
AETNA $194,014.77 $79,220.90 $70,549.52 $114,761.61 $8,703.64 $2,722.26 $5,981.38 36% 96%
CIGNA $186,658.81 $72,005.62 $71,767.23 $111,689.63 $3,201.95 $1,680.21 $1,521.74 38% 98%
STAYWELL HEALTH
PLAN
$181,667.78 $60,001.56 $44,357.07$129,414.01 $7,896.70 $120.00 $7,776.7024%96%
Other (Grouped) $1,760,085.59 $677,655.93 $515,384.03 $1,049,308.51 $195,393.05 $82,356.95 $112,886.50 29% 89%
TOTAL $5,632,277.11 $1,811,570.60 $1,608,051.99 $3,379,289.63 $644,935.49 $94,805.76 $549,980.13 30% 90%
90670-PNEUMOCOCCAL
VACC 13 VAL IM $312,900.01 $178,180.98 $68,067.31 $211,514.69 $33,318.01 $3,018.01 $30,300.00 22% 89%
99214-
OFFICE/OUTPATIENT $276,233.52$130,205.62 $80,817.02$179,754.70 $15,661.80 $3,805.91 $11,855.8929%94%
VISIT EST
99391-PER PM REEVAL
EST PAT INF $275,640.00 $29,343.20 $96,015.18 $125,016.86 $54,607.96 $6,882.27 $47,725.69 35% 80%
99393-PREV VISIT EST AGE
5-11
$248,180.00 $23,267.34 $80,014.25$119,823.07 $48,342.68 $2,288.90 $46,053.7832%81%
90461-IM ADMIN EACH
ADDL COMPONENT $199,617.52 $70,366.82 $53,437.69 $119,792.81 $26,387.02 $2,090.36 $24,197.06 27% 87%
99394-PREV VISIT EST AGE
12-17
$160,390.00 $13,724.47 $54,923.51 $77,495.32 $27,971.17 $2,303.49 $25,667.6834%83%
90716-CHICKEN POX
VACCINE SC $137,710.01 $38,395.96 $28,789.70 $94,432.79 $14,487.52 $1,092.52 $13,395.00 21% 89%
99173-VISUAL ACUITY
SCREEN
$120,768.76 $900.01 $1,568.74 $95,150.70 $24,049.32 $1,157.76 $22,891.56 1%80%
90651-Hpv vaccine non
valent im $116,800.00 $2,710.00 $40,533.40 $63,076.06 $13,190.54 $1,226.04 $11,964.50 35% 89%
87804-INFLUENZA
ASSAY W/OPTIC
$109,306.28 $49,457.05 $31,227.10 $74,514.83 $3,564.35 $1,115.03 $2,449.3229%97%
90698-DTAP-HIB-IP
VACCINE IM $97,695.00 $3,581.08 $14,755.89 $66,117.11 $16,822.00 $1,807.00 $15,015.00 15% 83%
Other (Grouped) $1,188,202.64 $328,466.45 $287,275.99 $737,291.26 $163,635.39 $31,690.85 $131,894.54 24% 86%
TOTAL $5,632,277.11 $1,811,570.60 $1,608,051.99 $3,379,289.63 $644,935.49 $94,805.76 $549,980.13 27% 87%
Reimbursement Analysis: Last 12 month first billed charges analysis of billed amount, billed value, payments and adjustments.
Net Collection Rate: The Net Collection Rate is payments plus adjustments divided into the total billed charges.
Payments: Insurance and patient payments received by the first billed charges.
Adjustments: Contractual (insurance) and manual adjustments applied to the first billed charges.