After the insurance carrier makes a decision on a claim and the practice receives and posts the payment, the patient's balance must be calculated. The claim case studies in this section provide practice in calculating balances by providing the latest payment information obtained from RAs for each patient in Chapter 15 , Claim Cases 15.1 through 15.20. Based on the payment information from the RA, you must calculate each patient's balance. All answer amounts should have dollars and cents, i.e. 0.00,13.00,13.50,13.42, etc. Case Study 16.9 Patient: Joseph Zylerberg The following information is taken from two RAs. The first RA is from Medicare Nationwide, the primary payer. Note that the patient has met the deductible for the primary payer. The second RA is from Medicaid, the secondary carrier. The patient's Medicaid copay for the secondary plan has not yet been paid. Patient balance: $ Activate Windows