Revenue cycle metrics
Charge capture
The process of ensuring every service performed becomes a billable charge.
What it means in dermatology
Dermatology leaks charges in predictable places: a destruction performed during a visit that was documented but never coded, a specimen sent to pathology with no corresponding handling charge, a second lesion treated after the note was signed.
Reconciling the day's schedule against the day's charges is the only reliable control, and it has to happen daily rather than at month-end.
Why it matters to your revenue
Uncaptured charges never appear as denials, so they are invisible to every report a practice normally reviews.
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