Identifying Bad Debt Bad debt is the expense that an office incurs when it is determined that it cannot be collected from the patient. Several factors help to distinguish bad debts from collectable patient balances: The provider must be able to establish that reasonable collection efforts were made The debt was actually uncollectible when claimed…

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