EOBs and Remittances
Explanation of Benefits documents and 835 remittances carry the payment side of every claim: allowed amounts, plan payments, patient responsibility and the codes that explain each adjustment. This category covers how to read them, how paper EOBs become 835 files, and how payment posting works when it is done by hand and when it is automated. Read the guide to reading an EOB line by line first, then the post on converting paper EOBs to 835 files.
Handling Unapplied Payments in Payment Posting
Handling unapplied payments in payment posting: why cash lands unapplied, a daily worklist to clear it, and when an unapplied credit becomes a refund.
October 14, 2026payment postingunapplied cashrefunds
How to Read an EOB, Line by Line
Learn how to read an EOB from header to totals: each column, where the codes sit, and one service line worked from billed amount to the plan payment.
October 14, 2026eobremittancebilling
How to Post a Denied Line From an EOB
How to post a denied line from an EOB, including zero pay EOBs: when to record a zero payment, adjust or transfer, and how to hand the line to follow-up.
October 12, 2026eobdenialspayment posting
ERA and EFT Enrollment With Payers, Step by Step
How to finish ERA and EFT enrollment with payers: the details to gather, which payers to enroll first, test remits, and what breaks after a bank change.
October 6, 2026eraeftenrollment
Virtual Credit Card Payments From Payers: Fees and Opt-Outs
What virtual credit card payments from payers are, what their card fees cost a practice, how to post them, and how to ask a payer for ACH EFT instead.
October 4, 2026virtual cardeftpayment posting
ERA 835 Processing: Reading the Remittance File
How ERA 835 processing works: what an 835 file contains, the segments a poster should know, PLB adjustments, recoupments, and which exceptions need a person.
October 3, 2026era835remittanceposting
EOB Payment Posting, Step by Step
A step-by-step guide to EOB payment posting by hand: batch setup, payments, adjustments and transfers, the manual errors to avoid, and a batch that balances.
September 26, 2026eobpayment postingbilling
EOB OCR: What It Reads and Where It Slips
What EOB OCR reads well, where it slips on payer layouts and faint scans, how it should flag uncertain amounts, and when OCR on EOBs is not worth setting up.
September 9, 2026ocreobscanningreview
How to Convert an 835 File to a Spreadsheet
How to convert an 835 file to a spreadsheet with one row per service line, where CAS and PLB adjustments go, and who should be allowed to see it.
July 24, 2026835eraremittancespreadsheet
How to Automate EOB Posting Without Losing Control
How to automate EOB posting in stages: choose the first payers, set confidence thresholds, staff the review queue, and test on de-identified samples first.
July 2, 2026eobpayment postingautomationhuman review
Remittance Advice Remark Codes Explained
Remittance advice remark codes explained: how a RARC adds to a CARC, alert versus supplemental remark codes, where they appear, and which ones ask you to act.
June 24, 2026rarcremittanceeobposting
EOB Processing From Mailroom to Posted Payment
Each stage of EOB processing, from receipt and lockbox imaging to indexing and posting, who owns each step, and where explanation of benefits work backs up.
June 22, 2026eobworkflowlockboxposting
EOB Data Extraction: The Fields Worth Capturing
The fields to capture in EOB data extraction at header, claim and line level, the balancing rules that check them, and how to trace each value to its page.
June 16, 2026eobextractionvalidationfields
How to Read a Medicare EOB for Billing Teams
How to read a Medicare EOB as a provider: the remittance fields, MOA and reason codes, sequestration, Part B coinsurance and crossover claims, with an example.
April 29, 2026medicareeobremittance
EOB vs ERA 835 Differences That Change Posting
The EOB vs ERA 835 differences that matter to a billing office: format, delivery, codes and matching, and how posting changes when a payer switches to ERA.
February 4, 2026eobera835posting
Splitting a Bulk EOB by Patient
A short guide to splitting a bulk EOB by patient: finding claim breaks, handling claims that run across pages, and filing each patient's part on its own.
January 28, 2026eobbulk eobfiling
Claim Adjustment Reason Codes on an EOB
What claim adjustment reason codes on an EOB mean, how group codes decide who absorbs each adjustment, and a table of the codes billing teams see most often.
January 14, 2026carceobremittanceposting
How to Reconcile EFT Payments With EOBs
How to reconcile EFT payments with EOBs and ERAs using the trace number, explain deposit variances, and track down unmatched EOBs and missing remittances.
October 15, 2025eftreconciliationeobera
Allowed Amount vs Billed Amount on an EOB
Why the allowed amount on an EOB is lower than the billed amount, and how deductible, copay and coinsurance set what the plan pays and the patient owes.
June 8, 2025eoballowed amountpatient responsibility
EOB to 835: Turning Paper EOBs Into Remittance Files
How to turn a paper EOB into an 835 file: a field-to-segment map, the conversion steps, what makes a file fail to load, and when converting is not worth it.
April 12, 2025eob835remittanceposting
Payment Posting Automation: What to Automate First
What payment posting automation can handle for ERAs, paper EOBs and patient payments, what a person should still check, and the posting KPIs to track.
February 22, 2025payment postingautomationremittancekpis
Payment Posting Outsourcing vs Automation
Payment posting outsourcing vs automation compared on cost, control, turnaround and exceptions, with a decision matrix for choosing either one or a hybrid.
January 18, 2025payment postingoutsourcingautomation
What Is an EOB in Medical Billing?
What an EOB means in medical billing, who receives one, why it says it is not a bill, and what a billing office does with it once it arrives in the mail.
December 10, 2024eobbillingbasics