One of the most frustrating things for a physician’s office is the timely filing denials. Every payer operates on its own schedule, so it is easy to miss the timing window if the biller does not stay on top of this. Often, claims are denied for timely filing even though they were sent in a timely manner but not received by the insurance carrier within the window. At PMMD with our weekly claim status checks, we ensure that every claim reaches the payer on time. With the steady increase in patient out-of-pocket expense especially with the high deductible plans, it is important that the claims are filed with the insurance at the earliest so the patient share can be determined and collected on time to keep the cash flow consistent. A/R is aged in cycles of 30 days. A common benchmark for the health of a practice is the number of days to collect or number of days a charge sits on the A/R.