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Financial Management Best Practices for Dental Office Managers: Part 1 (PM002)


Description

Are you confident that your dental practice is managing finances optimally? If there’s one area that deserves your full attention it’s financial management. Most small businesses can’t afford to leave any money on the table. You want to be sure that you are maximizing collections from both patients and insurance plans and adopting practices that ensure healthy cash flow. In this course, learn strategies to optimize revenue and cash flow and practices for monitoring finances.

Benefits to your organization:
- Ability to closely monitor the practice’s financials
- Enhanced audit trails
- Maximum cash flow and revenue collection

Who should enroll in this course:
- Practice/office managers

Benefits to course participants:
- Learn strategies that help you to stay on top of the practice’s finances
- Develop indispensable skills that help maintain dental office cash flow and maximize collections
- Acquire in-demand, transferable skills in the management of dental practice finances

On successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify primary finance responsibilities
- Describe ways to maintain a professional demeanor with patients
- Describe front office billing and insurance best practices
- Identify daily finance-related tasks that need to be completed
- Document financial transactions appropriately
- Implement quality assurance measures
- Describe strategies to maximize revenue & cash flow

Participation Requirements:
- Basic computer literacy
- Access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone
- Internet access
- Experience working in a dental office is recommended but not required

Estimated Time Required to Complete: Parts 1 & 2 60-70 minutes

Publication date: 5/2019

Additional Information About Our Courses

Release Date: 03/16/2020 CE Units: 0.5

Content
  • Course Activity
  • Financial Management Best Practices for Dental Office Managers: Part 1
  • Summary
  • Key Take-Aways
  • Quiz
  • Financial Management Best Practices for Dental Office Managers: Part 1
  • Survey
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 3 years