In plain English
This refers to money that has already been paid, not money that is still due. It also means the payment has been entered in the records as received for the specific healthcare account, bill, or claim.
In context
In the statement summary, it reports the amounts already paid and recorded as received for that account.
- Situation
- Reading patient billing, coding, estimates, statements, and payment-plan fields
- What it communicates
- labels payments credited to the account in the statement summary.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not show whether the full balance has been paid or whether any amount remains owed.
Examples
“The statement listed $300 in payments received on the hospital bill and $120 still due.”
“Review the payments received in the statement summary before checking the balance due.”