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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Credit industry groups discuss the payment history of common customers, but they always have an independent moderator present so that customer discussion do not veer off onto the topic of how individual companies plan on selling those same customers in the future. The increased risk of a significant bad debt loss that your firm bears.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

” This junk AR comes in a variety of forms, such as: Short payment/deductions Debit memos Unapplied credit memos Unapplied cash Late payment fees and other surcharges Early payment discounts taken but not deserved Clutter obscures the true amount a customer owes and causes confusion.

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Position Your AR to Enhance Working Capital

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In determining the cost/benefit of any collateralization program, you must factor in the differences presented by each type of program, which include: Who owns the AR — is it sold or pledged as security? Match unapplied payments and unapplied credit memos to open invoices, deductions, and debit memos.

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

That all the above consequences can present themselves simultaneously, only makes the downside worse. Late or inconsistent follow-up on overdue accounts leads to longer payment cycles and increased bad debt write-offs. Not a subscriber … why don’t you take advantage of a free YVCM subscription?

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Resolve to Be More Proactive in 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In contrast, profit driven enterprises often miss opportunities because they are too restrictive out of a fear of bad debt losses. As a result, their exposure to risk can exceed their level of tolerance. A segmentation analysis will help you refine your credit policy guidelines and thereby improve the efficacy of your credit decisions.

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Eliminate These Four Barriers to Payment

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash Although defaults resulting in significant bad debt losses are a rare event for trade creditors, much of the focus of AR Management is on credit risk. With bad debt losses, making up the lost profit requires generating substantially more new revenue.

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3 ways RCM leaders can add value through technology — right now

Waystar

Looking at annual averages, single deductibles have increased by 68% over the last 10 years. Bad debt will rise for providers. When insured patients do seek care but can’t afford to pay “their part,” bad debt rises. It’s time to look at the rev cycle from the patient’s point of view.