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Babylon Dental Care · 5 hours ago

Orthodontic Billing Specialist - West Babylon & Patchogue, NY

West Babylon, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$25/hr - $28/hr

3+ years exp

Babylon Dental Care is a dental practice committed to exceptional care and community service. They are seeking an Orthodontic Billing Specialist to enhance their Insurance/Front Desk teams, focusing on patient education about orthodontic treatment plans and managing insurance billing responsibilities.

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Responsibilities

Educate our patients about the details of their orthodontic treatment plan and associated fees after our Orthodontist has diagnosed and reviewed their options with them. You potentially clarify what the patient may have heard or "think" they heard. This can be in collaboration with our Patient Coordinators

Help patients understand their dental insurance benefits (ortho specific) and their potential out of pocket costs associated with the dental care they want or need. Review with Patient Coordinators our patient’s financial responsibility based on any Insurance pre-determinations. You will essentially be mentoring our Patient Coordinators in developing a greater sense of Ortho Insurance Billing

Monitor Pre-determinations sent to Patient's Insurance companies. Keeping an eye on their timely return to move forward with patient's care. Communicate with Patient Coordinators and or Ortho team about any issues that may arise

Collaborate with our financial team and or Patient Coordinators to address and collect patient balances when they are set to return to the Practice for care

Comfortable with keeping up to date with email communications as the day goes on, responding when appropriate and necessary

Closely monitor any claims denied or rejected and in an immediate fashion dealing with all barriers to ensure Practice payment

Assisting Orthodontist with any further documentation needed to secure timely payment of claim

Constant collaborator in helping Front Desk team increase their knowledge of ortho insurance billing

Mentoring new team members when comfortable and can create value

Work collaboratively with the entire Practice to meet or exceed monthly goals so all can receive their check exercise bonus!

Generate and review reports, when directed

Helping when needed to re-credential Orthodontist within the Practices

Proactively follow up on any outstanding Ortho Insurance claims and resolve to obtain payment

Enter Ortho Insurance payments accurately

Verify eligibility and benefits for ortho patients

Send insurance claims & pre-authorizations manually & electronically with necessary attachments and information

Help assume responsibility to decrease accounts receivable on any Ortho accounts

Prepare nightly Practice close outs, which include spreadsheets for both Partners and Bookkeeper reconciliations

Participate in bi-weekly “huddle” calls with Leadership, preparing proper huddle sheets beforehand to promote an organized and productive call

Assist patients in setting up re-occurring charges for Ortho case payments

Review with Ortho team contracts for patient’s treatment. May also need to review with patient directly throughout their care

Qualification

Dental Insurance KnowledgeOrthodontic Billing ExperienceDentrix AscendMathematical SkillsCustomer ServiceBilingual (English/Spanish)TeamworkCommunication Skills