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Contractual Adjustment

Contractual Adjustment is the difference between billed charges and the negotiated allowed amount with a payer. Always 100% of the time, not just denials.

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Contractual Adjustment is the difference between billed charges and the negotiated allowed amount with a payer. Always 100% of the time, not just denials. This concept connects to ASP-RCM's broader healthcare RCM operating discipline through capability pages on autonomous coding, denial prediction, eligibility verification, prior authorization automation, and HCC risk adjustment, plus specialty service pages spanning hospital, FQHC, behavioral health, ABA, physician group, and 19 other specialty verticals.

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