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Medical billing and RCM audit checklist

Review definitions, source evidence, workflow ownership, controls, and unresolved exceptions across the revenue cycle. Select a box only after inspecting the listed evidence.

Evidence review

Twenty-four checks across the revenue cycle

This checklist organizes a review; it does not determine compliance, certify a vendor, or establish that a workflow is effective.

Scope and data definitions

Confirm what the audit includes before interpreting any metric.

Patient access and claim readiness

Trace front-end exceptions into claim and denial workflows.

Coding and claim submission

Verify the controlled path from source documentation to an accepted claim.

Payment and reconciliation

Follow payment information through posting and financial control.

Denials and accounts receivable

Review inventory, action evidence, and root-cause feedback—not only totals.

Governance, security, and continuity

Confirm decisions, safeguards, and transition responsibilities are explicit.

1. Lock the scope

Record the entities, systems, dates, payers, providers, locations, exclusions, and metric definitions used.

2. Inspect evidence

Reconcile source totals and sample the supporting report, record, approval, policy, or workqueue history.

3. Assign decisions

Document the issue, owner, due date, required evidence, decision authority, and closure record.

References and review record

Last content review: August 6, 2026. The checklist is general educational material. Applicable contracts, payer rules, laws, policies, and professional advice control the actual review.

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