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Bookkeeping for chiropractors and practice managers
Chiropractic accounting should distinguish visits, collections and amounts received for future care. Tidwell helps organize the financial side of the practice, including deposits, overhead and approved staff payroll.
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Track care packages beyond the initial receipt
Keep a record of package purchases, usage, adjustments and refunds. Your CPA establishes the recognition method; the bookkeeping needs enough detail to apply it consistently instead of treating every deposit as payment for a completed visit.
Reconcile patient payments and payer reimbursements
Private-pay and insurance receipts may reach the bank on different schedules. Use financial payment summaries to explain settlements and open balances while keeping clinical notes outside the bookkeeping handoff.
Review practice overhead and support-staff pay
Separate facility costs, equipment spending and office supplies in the monthly records. Approved employee hours and pay changes support payroll, and reconciled financial statements give the practice a basis for reviewing these recurring commitments.
Care-package and practice-overhead questions
Can bookkeeping track unused prepaid care balances?
Yes, with a reliable package activity report and the accounting method directed by your CPA. Adjustments and refunds should remain traceable.
Why might insurance collections lag behind visits?
Billing and payment timing can differ. Reconcile actual receipts to the payment summaries and keep unresolved balances visible for the practice to investigate.
What does a chiropractic practice need for a monthly close?
Provide account statements, collection summaries, package activity, expense documents and approved payroll information for the period.
Clarify collections and future-care balances
Bring your current records and the questions you want the books to answer. We work remotely across California, with meetings at our Atascadero office by arrangement to discuss a practical service scope.
Monthly bookkeeping starts at $500 a month. See pricing