Tania realizes that one of the checks collected for a patient’s copayment is postdated two days in advance. When you post-date a check, you put a future date on the check with the idea that the recipient does not deposit it until that written date. Many times it is because the person writing the check doesn’t have the funds available at the moment that's why they post-date it because they know that by that day they would have the funds available. You can deposit a post-dated check before the date shown, but it isn’t advised. Be prepared for the possibility that the check funds won’t be available. Not only do you not want to incur an insufficient funds fee, you don’t want to go through the trouble of obtaining a reissued check. While reviewing