Revenue cycle metrics
Revenue leakage
Earned revenue that never reaches the bank because of coding, documentation, follow-up or contract failures.
What it means in dermatology
It accumulates from unappealed denials, under-leveled visits, uncaptured charges, underpaid claims that were never audited against contract, and patient balances abandoned after one statement.
Each source is individually small enough to ignore, which is exactly why the total is usually a meaningful share of annual collections.
Why it matters to your revenue
It is the difference between what a practice earned and what it collected, and no single report shows it.
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