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bad debt

Any bill submitted for payment by a third-party payer or patient which is not paid in full, and unlikely to be paid for various reasons
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bad debt

Medical practice Any bill submitted for payment by a third-party payer or Pt, which is not paid in full
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

bad debt

(bad det)
Unrecoverable debt.
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