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Overview
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Education
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Volunteer Experience
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SARAH BEESON

SARAH BEESON

Orthodontics Treatment Coordinator
Parker City,IN

Summary

Accomplished and energetic Treatment Coordinator and chair side dental assistant with a solid history of achievement in orthodontics and oral surgical dentistry. Extensive knowledge on full lifecycle of insurance claims. Focused leader with strong organizational and prioritizing skills. Ability to work independently. Motivated to continue to learn and grow as a professional. Reliable Dental Assistant with 10 years of experience efficiently handling administrative tasks and assisting chairside with dental procedures. Expert in setting up exam rooms, taking dental radiographs, and preparing materials for impressions or restorations. Team-focused with commitment to providing exceptional care to all patients.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Treatment Coordinator

Rector Family Dental and Orthodontics
Muncie, IN
10.2019 - Current

Insurance Management

Handles the full lifecycle of insurance claims, including verification, accurate coding, submission, and resolution of overpayments/underpayments.

Patient Financing & Payment Plans: Offers flexible, patient-friendly financing options to increase treatment acceptance.

Collections & Accounts Receivable: Manages patient accounts receivable with a 180-day protocol for delinquency management, ensuring consistent cash flow.

Software Solutions: Provides a digital platform for case presentations, digital contracts, and automated patient follow-ups to drive practice growth.

Administrative Relief: Reduces the administrative burden on practice staff by submitting insurance claims, handling, or assisting with, insurance verification and patient communication. Optimize the financial performance of practices.

educating patients on treatment options, presenting financial plans, verifying insurance, and driving case acceptance.

Core Responsibilities & Duties

  • Patient Education & Communication: Explain treatment plans, risks, benefits, and timelines to patients and families, ensuring they understand the proposed care.
  • Consultation & Relationship Management: Act as the main point of contact for new patients, conducting consultations, taking diagnostic records (photos/X-rays), and building rapport.
  • Financial & Insurance Coordination: Present customized financing options, calculate costs, and verify insurance coverage to ensure smooth payment processing

Oral Surgery Assistant

Indiana Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates
Parker City, IN
12.2015 - Current
  • Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS).
  • Complete Impressions and Impression Models for Dental Implants.
  • Monitor Vital Signs Throughout Procedure.
  • Prepare Patients, Sterilize Instruments, Set up Instrument Trays, Prepare Materials.
  • Assist in Dental Implants, Bone grafts, Expose an Bond, Open Exposures, Jaw Fractures, Arch Bar Placement, Biopsies, Incision and Drainage, Single tooth and Multi-tooth Extractions.

Education

Dental Anesthesia Assistant National Certification -

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Expanded Function Dental Assistant - Dental Assistant

Ivy Tech Community College
Muncie, IN

High School Diploma -

Wapahani High School

Radiology Certified

Skills

  • Submit Insurance claims: Handles the full lifecycle of insurance claims, including verification, accurate coding, submission, and resolution of overpayments/underpayments
  • Assisting
  • Critical Thinking
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Ability to Multi-task
  • Maintain Clean, Sterile and Positive Work Environment
  • Bond Brackets for Open Exposures or Expose and Bond
  • Expanded Functions Dental Assistant
  • Radiology Certified
  • CPR Certified
  • Certified Dental Anesthesia Assistant
  • Schedule and Coordinate Appointments
  • Remove Sutures

Volunteer Experience

Harris Chapel Church of the Nazarene, Volunteer

Timeline

Treatment Coordinator

Rector Family Dental and Orthodontics
10.2019 - Current

Oral Surgery Assistant

Indiana Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates
12.2015 - Current

Dental Anesthesia Assistant National Certification -

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Expanded Function Dental Assistant - Dental Assistant

Ivy Tech Community College

High School Diploma -

Wapahani High School

Radiology Certified
SARAH BEESONOrthodontics Treatment Coordinator