Dental Patient Coordinator

Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Wilmington, North Carolina

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Patient Coordinator manages front-office operations, including scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, and processing payments. They are responsible for ensuring a positive patient experience and maintaining accurate data for billing and reporting.

Qualifications

You have a high school diploma or equivalent and customer service experience. You can reliably arrive on time, work in a fast-paced environment, and manage competing priorities while maintaining a high attention to detail and accuracy. Strong computer and communication skills are essential for this role.

Must Have Skills for ATS

RevenueWell

patient management software

insurance verification

pre-authorizations

computer skills

billing

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The primary role of the Patient Coordinator is to support front‑office operations by maintaining efficient scheduling, coordinating patient appointments, verifying insurance, processing payments, and ensuring accurate patient data for billing and reporting purposes. This position is non‑clinical and focuses on delivering positive patient experience while supporting office workflow and administrative needs.

KEY COMPETENCIES

  • Greeting and assisting patients professionally to ensure a positive front‑office experience
  • Checking-in patients to ensure they have all the necessary information in the patient management software
  • Collecting co-payments
  • Checking-out patients
  • Running and processing applicable reports
  • Monitor office emails
  • Utilizing RevenueWell for confirmations, communication with patients, and insurance requests
  • Insurance Verification and pre-authorizations
  • Closing out and ensuring that registers are balanced daily
  • Completing next day router preparation
  • Ability to multi-task and skillfully manage priorities under pressure (ex: patients walking in, phones ringing, etc.)
  • Scheduling patients, filling same-day or next-day schedule as needed
  • Monitoring and responding to office voicemails
  • Support Office Manager with EOD process
  • Escalating issues to Office Manager

·         Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To successfully perform the job responsibilities for the position of Patient Coordinator, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required but are not necessarily all inclusive.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential requirements.

  • Ability to reliably arrive in time to support office opening and scheduled business hours
    • Flexibility to adjust schedule occasionally based on business needs, in accordance with company timekeeping and wage policies
    • Subject to background screening consistent with applicable law and job‑related business needs
    • High school diploma or equivalent
    • Customer Service experience
    • Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment and manage competing priorities
    • Ability to balance registers accurately
    • Strong communication skills
    • Must exhibit ethical conduct & confidentiality
    • High attention to detail and accuracy
    • Strong computer and organization skills
    • Communicates clearly and professionally with patients and team members in person and by phone
    • Ability to demonstrate independent thinking as well as a teamwork‑oriented approach
    • Dental or medical front desk experience preferred

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry

Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry values each patient, welcoming them like family while utilizing state-of-the-art dental equipment and services. Our highest priority is to provide patients with gentle, trusted dental care and custom treatment plans that address concerns and treatment needs, maximize benefits, personal budgets and individual schedules. We love our work and we love our patients, proudly serving them with honesty, integrity, empathy, and high personal and professional standards. We offer a comprehensive and cutting-edge approach to dentistry with over 70 locations across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Riccobene Associates offers opportunities for General Dentists, Orthodontists, Endodontists, Pediatric Dentists, Oral Surgeons, Front Desk, Dental Assistants II, Registered Dental Hygienists, and much more. We are one of the fastest growing multi-specialty dental practices in the Triangle. Our team is high energy, tech-savvy, compassionate, and down to earth. You will enjoy an extraordinary, unique and fun company culture, which values patient care, and an indispensable support team that allows you to be successful! At Riccobene Associates, we are dedicated to Changing Lives, One Smile at a Time!
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