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Note 4 - Accounts Receivable
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 
Accounts receivable, net, consists of the following at
December 31, 2019
and
2018:
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Retail customers
   $
22,101
     $
21,732
  
Wholesale carriers
    
13,157
      
9,315
  
Other
    
3,723
      
4,361
  
     
38,981
      
35,408
  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
    
(4,627
 )    
(3,936
 )
Accounts receivable, net
   $
34,354
     $
31,472
  
 
 
The following table presents the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
which is associated entirely with the Company’s contracts with customers.
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Balance at January 1
   $
3,936
     $
2,729
  
Provision for uncollectible accounts
    
257
      
2,745
  
Charged to other accounts
    
1,253
      
(921
 )
Deductions
    
(819
 )    
(617
 )
Balance at December 31
   $
4,627
     $
3,936
  
 
As of
December 31, 2019,
USAC had issued funding commitment letters for all of the Company’s rural health care customer applications for Funding Year
2018
(
July 1, 2018
through
June 30, 2019).
For Funding Year
2019
(
July 1, 2019
through
June 30, 2020),
the FCC had approved the Company’s cost-based rural rates for the majority of its customers and USAC began issuing funding commitment letters in
February 2020.
Accounts receivable, net, associated with rural health care customers was
$6,827
and
$8,122
at
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. Rural health care accounts are a component of the Retail Customers category in the above table. See Note
2
“
Revenue Recognition
” for additional information.