Based on real billing data, not survey responses
Balance-level outcomes
Patient collection rates, time to resolution, and payment plan adoption.
Cohort-level analysis
AR cut by balance size, resolution speed, and coverage status.
Controlled comparison
Identical health system partner cohorts across 2024 and 2025.
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Stay ahead of your patient AR
Identify the gaps and close them before coverage changes hit.
Patient AR isn’t just growing, it’s also shifting
Most leaders know patient responsibility is a growing share of revenue. New data shows that view is incomplete, and that health systems without a sharper segmentation lens are absorbing the impact in margin and write-offs.
The single cohort absorbing two-thirds of self-pay AR growth, and collecting at a fraction of the rest of your book
Which patients are adopting payments plans, who is walking away, and what the split says about who’s most at risk
What the Medicaid unwinding already did to patient AR, and what it signals for the ACA and OBBBA changes ahead
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The New Shape of
Patient AR: A Data Brief
Three trends from Cedar’s platform data show where patient AR growth is concentrating, and how the revenue cycle operating model must adapt.
The New Shape
of Patient AR:
A Data Brief
Three trends from Cedar’s platform data show where patient AR growth is concentrating, and how the revenue cycle operating model must adapt.
What’s inside the brief:
Analysis by Cedar’s data science and value analytics teams.
