Why is there a difference in the production numbers on the “Production Summary” and in the “Income Allocation” reports?

The basic differences between the two reports should be understood:

• The Production report indicates only the services (aka: procedure codes) which were posted to the Ledger during the report date(s) as completed
• The Allocation report indicates only monies (aka: payments) collected and entered during the report date(s) for which apply to completed procedures which have payment due

The office cannot compare the numbers on the Production report to the production numbers on the Allocation report since one report is “only treatment posted” while the other is “payments received and to what those payments paid.”
Similarly, the collection numbers on the Allocation report cannot be compared to a collection report since payments collected today (aka: deposits) may pay on procedures entered in the past. Additionally, the payment entered today might be an overpayments (aka: pre-payment, or credit), and will not appear on the Allocation report because it has yet to pay a completed procedure.
The production summary in the income allocation report could represent the production that payments allocated to, not the production that was rendered.