Dental Front Desk Position Available F/T (Midtown East)

Dental Front Desk position available.

Support patients by greeting and helping them; scheduling appointments; processing electronic insurance claims; maintaining records and accounts, at endodontic practice located in mid Manhattan.

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND if you don't have fluent dental electronic insurance processing skills. We will only respond to resumes with these skills.

Duties:

Greets patients and visitors, in person or on the telephone; answering or referring inquiries.

Optimizes patients' satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization by scheduling appointments in person or by telephone.

Keeps patient appointments on schedule by notifying provider of patient's arrival; reviewing service delivery compared to schedule; reminding provider of service delays.

Comforts patients by anticipating patients' anxieties; answering patients' questions; maintaining the reception area.

Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records.

Maintains patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and financial information.

Obtains revenue by recording and updating financial information; recording and collecting patient charges; controlling credit extended to patients; filing, collecting, and expediting third-party claims.

Maintains business office inventory and equipment by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; scheduling equipment service and repairs.

Helps patients in distress by responding to emergencies.

Protects patients' rights by maintaining confidentiality of personal and financial information.

Maintains operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Skills/Qualifications:

Ability to use dental management software fluently, and learn new dental management software, proficiency with email including attachments, generating electronic insurance claims with attachments, multitasking flexibility, telephone skills, customer service, time management, organization, attention to detail, scheduling, word processing, professionalism, quality focus.