Dental Practice Accountant

Job Duties

• Maintain and reconcile accounting records using QuickBooks Online or comparable software; reconcile deposits, insurance payments, patient payments, vendor payments, payroll-related entries, and bank-account activity.

• Prepare profit-and-loss (P&L) summaries, balance-sheet support, accounts-receivable aging reports, production and collection reports, payment-posting summaries, and reports for the employers outside CPA. Review claims, explanations of benefits (EOBs), payment postings, write-offs, adjustments, denials, appeals, and preauthorization records for accounting and revenue cycle accuracy.

• Monitor outstanding claims, delayed payments, patient balances, insurance receivables, and payment-posting discrepancies.

• Analyze production, collections, accounts-receivable trends, and billing workflows, and recommend improvements to cash-flow and collections processes.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelors degree, or a foreign equivalent degree, in Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Economics, Business Administration with an accounting concentration, or a closely related field, plus at least 24 months of experience in accounting, bookkeeping, dental revenue-cycle accounting, dental billing/coding, healthcare revenue-cycle financial operations, or a closely related role. The position also requires:

• Certified Dental Billing Specialist (CDBS) and Certified Dental Coding Specialist (CDC) certifications, or equivalent dental billing and dental coding certifications;

• Experience with accounting, bookkeeping, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll-related accounting, vendor-payment tracking, bank reconciliation, financial reporting, dental-insurance claim workflows, insurance-payment posting, denial and appeal workflows, benefits verification, and dental revenue-cycle documentation;

• Experience using QuickBooks or comparable accounting software;

• Experience using Dentrix, Curve, or comparable dental practice-management software; and Knowledge of dental procedure coding and dental-insurance billing workflows.

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