{"id":30461,"date":"2026-06-24T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/?p=30461"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:36:49","slug":"mid-year-billing-cleanup-what-fixed-before-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/mid-year-billing-cleanup-what-fixed-before-q3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Year Billing Cleanup: What Needs to Be Fixed Before Q3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Mid-Year Billing Cleanup<\/strong> is a structured audit of your revenue cycle performed at the halfway point of the year to fix claim errors, reconcile unapplied payments, and stop revenue leakage before Q3 makes it worse.<\/p>\r\n

For physician groups and specialty practices, completing this review in June \u2014 not December \u2014 is what separates practices that hit annual collection targets from those buried in year-end write-offs. In June 2026, there is no better time to run this review.<\/p>\r\n

The CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule has been active since January 1 with two new conversion factors, the FY2026 OIG Work Plan is actively adding new audit targets monthly, and most practices are now five to six months into billing patterns they have never stress-tested. The gaps that formed in Q1 and Q2 are still recoverable \u2014 but only if you act now.<\/p>\r\n

1. Audit Your AR Aging Report \u2014 Before the 90-Day Cliff<\/h2>\r\n

The most damaging thing a billing team can do is ignore accounts receivable aging beyond 60 days. The probability of collecting on a claim drops sharply once it crosses 90 days, and most commercial payers follow the same patterns as Medicare.<\/p>\r\n

Your Mid-Year Billing Cleanup<\/strong> should begin with a full AR aging report segmented by payer, provider, and CPT code bucket. Look for:<\/p>\r\n