Payments from a payer of a given financial class that do not have a payer-specific clearing account use which clearing account?

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Financial Class Clearing Accounts are used when there isn’t a payer-specific clearing account. In hospital billing, clearing accounts temporarily hold payments until they can be matched to the correct claim or remittance detail. If a payer doesn’t have its own clearing account, payments from that payer’s financial class are posted to the clearing account that corresponds to that financial class. This keeps funds organized by payer type, supports accurate general‑ledger posting and reconciliation, and allows reporting by financial class. If a payer did have a dedicated payer clearing account, payments would go there instead of the financial-class level account.