Dental Practice Accountant

Sacbar; El Monte, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sacbar in El Monte, CA seeks a skilled accountant to manage dental revenue-cycle accounting, including AR, billing, and payroll-related entries. You will reconcile records and prepare financial reports for the CPA, ensuring accuracy of claims and denials.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, 2+ years of experience in healthcare revenue-cycle operations, and certifications like CDBS/CDC or equivalents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in accounting/finance with at least 24 months of related experience.
• Certification: CDBS and CDC or equivalent dental billing/coding certifications.
• Experience with AR, AP, payroll-related accounting, vendor payments, bank reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Proficiency with QuickBooks or comparable accounting software and dental practice-management software.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile accounting records using QuickBooks Online or comparable software.
• Prepare P&L summaries, balance-sheet support, AR aging reports, and other revenue-cycle reports for the CPA.
• Monitor outstanding claims, delayed payments, patient balances, and payment-posting discrepancies.
• Analyze production, collections, AR trends, and billing workflows to improve cash flow.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in accounting/finance

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Dentrix

Curve

Job description

• 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 employer's 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: Bachelor's degree, or a foreign equivalent degree, in Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Economics, Business Administration with an accounting concentration, or a closely related field, plus at least24 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;

• Knowledge of dental procedure coding and dental-insurance billing workflows.