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There is no national regulation that limits when you can bill a patient. You should check your state's laws, however, to ensure there is nothing specific to your area that places a time limit on when you can bill a patient. You should also check your payer contracts to be sure there is no stipulation you have agreed to by signing as a participating provider.Keep in mind:
Just because there is no time limit, that doesn't mean billing a patient for the first time three years after they had a procedure or service is the best thing to do. If you upset a patient by billing them for the first time a long time after the service -- which likely meant they believed they didn't owe anything because you had not sent a billing statement -- you may lose a patient and will likely have difficulty collecting the fee.