Dental Billing and Insurance Coordinator

We are looking to add a motivated team member to our dental practice. We pride ourselves on providing great patient care and an even better work environment.

If you are looking to contribute to a thriving dental practice with a focus on team development, career growth opportunities and competitive compensation, this may be an amazing opportunity for you.

Compensation includes: dental benefits, employer health insurance contribution, paid time off, paid holidays, sick pay, 401K, and MORE!

As part of our team, you will:

• Welcome patients.
• Maintain appointment schedule.
• Prepare charts and collect clinical records.
• Conduct treatment consultations with patients when new treatment plans are presented.
• Address patient concerns regarding financial and scheduling questions.
• Understand the contractual requirements of dental benefit plans and educate patients on their dental benefits.
• Check patients out, including receiving and recording payment, creating insurance claim(s), and scheduling next appointment.
• Audit patient accounts and send patient statements.
• Perform general office duties, such as, greeting deliveries, photocopying, filing paperwork, scanning, faxing, texting, and sending email correspondence.

Insurance Coordinating Duties:

• Review of insurance policies to determine coverage and eligibility.
• Prepare insurance claim forms or related documents and review them for completeness.
• Provide patient education, specific to the exchange of insurance information by physicians, insurance companies, and patients.
• Process insurance claims by either electronic submission, or via US mail
• Post or attach information to dental claim files by use of basic personal computer application.
• Research insurance eligibility on all new patients prior to their appointment with physician's.
• Provide requested information, that is needed on patients; such as x-rays, charting, narratives and documentation, when a request is received, by insurance companies and/or physician's, which will assist in the ongoing facilitation of treatment and payment of patient claims.
• Determine the patients financial responsibility, by researching the patients insurance eligibility, percentage of payment that will be due by the patient, and what will be received by the insurance carrier.
• Establish financial arrangements with the patients, based of those facts.

Requirements:

• 1 year of experience working in dentistry with knowledge of dental operations.
• 1 year of technical expertise in dental insurance benefits.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to perform detailed work according to established formats and protocols.

Previous experience working in dental front office (preferred).

Compensation will be commensurate with experience level.

Skills:

• General Practice

Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k
• PTO

Compensation:

• $21-$32/hour

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $32.00 per hour

Expected hours: 36 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Ability to Commute:

• San Diego, CA 92121 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• San Diego, CA 92121: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person