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Revenue Leak Calculator

Estimate how much revenue your practice may be losing.

Enter a few numbers from your practice. The estimate updates as you type.

Please don't include patient information (names, dates of birth, member IDs or account numbers).

About your practice

Number of providers (required)

Physicians, nurse practitioners and other providers who bill.

Average patient visits per provider per week (required)

Count visits, not unique patients.

Average charge per visit (required)

The amount billed to the payer, before contractual adjustments.

Denials

Current denial rate (required)

The share of claims denied on first submission.

Share of denials never reworked (required)

Denials nobody corrects, resubmits or appeals.

Front desk collections

Average patient responsibility per visit (required)

Co-pay, deductible and coinsurance owed by the patient.

Share of patient responsibility collected at the time of service (required)

What your front desk collects before the patient leaves.

Accounts receivable (optional)

Days in accounts receivable (optional)

Optional. Average days it takes to collect. Add this and the next field to include aged AR.

Share of accounts receivable over 90 days old (optional)

Optional. Check your aging report.

Your estimate

Enter your numbers and the estimate appears here.

This is an estimate only, not a guarantee. It depends on the numbers you entered and on assumptions that may not match your practice. It is not legal, tax or financial advice.

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How we estimate this

Everything is calculated from the numbers you enter and the assumptions below. Nothing you type is sent anywhere until you ask us to email you the report.

Visits a year = providers × visits per provider per week × working weeks per year.
Expected payments = visits a year × average charge × share of charges collected.
Unworked denials = expected payments × denial rate × share never reworked × share rework would recover.
Front desk = visits a year × patient responsibility × share not collected at the time of service × share never collected afterward.
Aged AR (only if you enter both AR figures) = expected payments ÷ 365 × days in AR × share over 90 days × share that ends up uncollectable.
Total = the three categories added together.

The categories can overlap in real life, so treat the total as a rough size, not a bill.

Assumptions used in the estimate
Assumption	Value	Where it comes from
Working weeks per year	48 weeks	Estimate — editable in admin.
Share of billed charges a practice expects to collect	40%	Estimate — editable in admin.
Share of unworked denied dollars that rework would recover	60%	Estimate — editable in admin.
Share of patient balances not collected at the front desk that is never collected	50%	Estimate — editable in admin.
Share of accounts receivable over 90 days that ends up uncollectable	50%	Estimate — editable in admin.
Medlink's published figure: average annual revenue lost to improper billing	$125,000	Medlink's own figure, shown on its home, services and about pages.

This is an estimate only, not a guarantee. It depends on the numbers you entered and on assumptions that may not match your practice. It is not legal, tax or financial advice.