Cash Flow and Accounts Receivable Management for Dialysis

The importance of an efficient billing/collections process lies in the fact that the overdue payment represents a source of capital that can be tapped and even used by a dialysis facility to generate further income. While it is outstanding, however, the payment represents nothing more than a unit’s own money being used by others. Here, the impact that an efficient billing/collections system can have on a new dialysis facility, through its effect on the accounts receivable that must be included in start-up capital, is analyzed.