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Physician groups · Insurance AR · Practice overhead · HIPAA-aware · Confidential

Offshore Medical Practice Accounting for CPA Firms.

medical practice accounting sits at the intersection of standard accounting and healthcare-specific complexity. insurance reimbursement cycles, contractual adjustment accounting, provider compensation structures, and HIPAA data handling requirements make medical practice clients more demanding than most CPA firms’ general small business base. our certified offshore accountants handle medical practice bookkeepingfor CPA firms — accurately, confidentially, and with an understanding of the healthcare-specific accounting conventions that this client type requires.

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What we handle

Medical practice accounting functions your CPA firm’s physician clients require.

Physician group bookkeeping
monthly bookkeeping for solo practices, group practices, and multi-provider medical groups. bank reconciliation, AP management, payroll entries, andmonth-end close completed for each entity.
Insurance AR and contractual adjustments
insurance receivables tracked by payer. contractual adjustments posted correctly as revenue adjustments — not as expenses. payer-level AR aging prepared monthly. this is the most commonly mishandled aspect of medical practice accounting.
Practice overhead allocation
overhead costs allocated across providers or departments where the practice structure requires it. compensation formula support for practices with complex provider compensation models.
Payroll for medical staff
payroll entries posted from the practice’s payroll provider. provider distribution payments recorded correctly. malpractice insurance deductions and CME reimbursements handled.
Multi-provider practices
for group practices with multiple physicians or specialties, practice-level books maintained with provider-level reporting where required. production vs collection analysis by provider.
HIPAA awareness

Medical practice accounting involves PHI. our engagement model minimises contact with it.

medical practice accounting involves access to systems that contain or reference Protected Health Information (PHI). we don’t need access to EHR or practice management systems to do the accounting work —and we don’t request it. our engagement is structured around the accounting software only.

How our engagement minimises PHI contact
We work in accounting software only. QBO or Xero —not the practice’s EHR, practice management system, or billing platform. accounting data only.
Access limited to the accounting module. billing and clinical data are not in scope. we are added as an Accountant user in QBO or Adviser in Xero — same access controls that apply to any external accountant.
NDA terms include PHI obligations. the NDA executed before access includes specific confidentiality obligations for any PHI that may be incidentally encountered in accounting records.
ISO 27001:2013 certified security framework. all data handling follows our ISO 27001 certified information security management system. see our data security page for full details.
Note: practice management systems (Athena, Kareo, eClinicalWorks) are not in scope. we work with accounting data only — exported or visible in QBO or Xero.
Insurance AR

Contractual adjustments are not bad debt. this is the most commonly mishandled accounting in medical practices.

when an insurer pays less than the billed amount, the difference is a contractual adjustment — a revenue reduction determined by the payer contract, not an uncollectable debt. it should be posted as a credit to revenue, not as bad debt expense. the distinction affects the income statement, the net collection rate calculation, and the accuracy of payer-level performance analysis.

a medical practice whose contractual adjustments are posted to bad debt expense has an overstated gross revenue, an understated net revenue, and a bad debt figure that includes neither write-offs nor actual collection failures. every downstream financial metric is distorted.

Correct vs incorrect AR treatment
Transaction
Correct treatment
Insurance payment less than billed
Contractual adjustment — credit to revenue account, not expense
Patient balance after insurance
Patient AR — tracked separately by aging bucket
Denied claim — no payment received
Held in AR pending appeal or write-off decision
Uncollectable patient balance
Bad debt expense — written off after collection effort exhausted
Payer-level AR aging
Prepared monthly — Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payers separated
What you receive

Medical practice books closed. AR accurate. your CPAs review.

Monthly bookkeeping reconciled and closed
Insurance AR aging by payer
Contractual adjustment report — posted correctly as revenue reductions
Practice overhead allocation where applicable
Month-end financials formatted for physician partners or practice manager
Software
QuickBooks Online
Xero

practice management systems (Athena, Kareo, eClinicalWorks) are not in scope — we work with accounting data only. insurance AR data is reconciled through the accounting system, not through the billing platform.

Related page
Healthcare accounting (broader) → medical practices, dental, mental health, and ancillary services
Data security
Data security & HIPAA → ISO 27001, NDA terms, access controls
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Medical practice accounting handled. your CPAs review.

book a call and tell us your medical practice client base —practice type, provider count, and insurance payer mix. we’ll confirm scope and how the engagement works for your specific clients.

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Or email accounting@nimblechapps.finance