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Tufts University

Location: BostonMA 02108 Document ID: AC164-0O11 Posted on: 2018-08-1408/14/2018 Job Type: Regular

Job Schedule:Full-time
2018-09-13
 

Practice Manager - School of Dental Medicine

This advert is for multiple openings.

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) offers one of the most forward-looking educational environments in dental medicine in the country. Since its founding in 1868, TUSDM has been committed to leadership in education, patient care, research, and community service. Students obtain an interdisciplinary education, integrated with medicine, with access to training in dental specialties. Clinics managed at TUSDM provide quality comprehensive care to more than 20,000 individuals annually. Nationally and internationally, the school promotes health and educational programs and researches new procedures, materials, and technologies to improve oral health.

The clinical administration staff provides courteous, professional and effective support services and is committed to providing patient, student, and faculty with information, guidance, and quality service to contribute to a successful dental clinic experience. This includes maintaining a safe environment, assuring that patients dental needs are addressed in a caring, confidential, timely, and thorough manner that patients are informed about their treatment and clinic procedures, and those patients finances are handled accurately and efficiently.

This position is responsible for managing a team of staff: practice administrators, patient registration coordinators, scheduling assistants, dental hygienists and dental assistants that support the overall operations of the clinics, as well as the management of faculty members private patients. This includes, but is not limited to, patient registration, scheduling and patient records management. The individual will be responsible for developing and implementing operational procedures for the clinics. The individual will supervise the team to conduct ongoing analysis to ensure that these areas are entering the treatment and services in a timely manner and accurately posting charges for billing. The individual and the team will be responsible for assisting the business office with monitoring accounts receivable and analyzing aged patient accounts in a timely manner.

The individual will have significant interaction with patients, residents, faculty and staff to ensure the accurate treatment is entered in the system and to establish suitable financial arrangements consisting of self pay, budget plans and/or insurance coverage. The individual will provide ongoing support and training (insurance, software, policy) to students, faculty and staff. This position collaborates with clinic faculty leadership, finance department and clinic business office to enhance overall production, operational efficiencies and point of service revenue collections of the specialty clinics.


Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:
  • High School Diploma and 5 years in a medical, dental or healthcare setting OR a BA/BS and 3 plus years of professional work experience.
  • Advanced computer skills, including knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with a patient care system.
  • Individual must have 3 years of supervisory experience.
  • Ability to multitask and meet concurrent deadlines.
  • The individual must have strong customer service and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Billing certifications, knowledge of electronic billing, dental assisting experience, experience managing a medical/dental department or practice.
  • Bilingual - English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese.


An employee in this position must complete all appropriate background checks at the time of hire, promotion, or transfer.

Equal Opportunity Employer minority/females/veterans/disability/sexual orientation/gender identity.



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