Accounting for Healthcare Practices

Dental Bookkeeping That Speaks Your Practice's Language

David from Accounting is a firm built for healthcare practices, including dental, medical, PT/OT, and behavioral health, in the Des Moines metro and virtual nationwide. We're the accountant for dentists and healthcare owners who want clean books, clear KPIs, and proactive tax planning, all for a fixed monthly fee.

  • Healthcare onlyDental, medical, PT/OT, behavioral health
  • Month-end closeBooks closed by the 10th
  • Fixed feesNo surprise hourly bills
Plans & Pricing

Fixed-fee dental bookkeeping plans built for healthcare practices

Foundation

Starting at $500–$800/mo. Dental bookkeeping, payroll, and month-end close by the 10th, with a healthcare-specific chart of accounts built for insurance reimbursement and payer mix. Prices scale with practice size and complexity.

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Growth

Starting at $1,200–$1,800/mo. Everything in Foundation, plus a KPI dashboard tracking collections per visit, payer mix, and overhead per provider, plus quarterly tax planning. Prices scale with practice size and complexity.

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CFO & Advisory

Starting at $2,000–$3,500/mo. Everything in Growth, plus cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, payer fee-schedule analysis, and exit/DSO readiness, a true financial partner for practices planning what's next. Prices scale with practice size and complexity.

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Dental Practice Financial Checkup

Fixed price: $1,250. A one-week forensic review of your practice's books: overhead benchmarks, GL hygiene, collections and AR diagnostics, and a prioritized fix list.

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Why practices switch

Generalist accountants don't understand healthcare

Your CPA files your taxes, but do they understand insurance reimbursement, payer mix, or why your collections don't match your production? Books that are months behind. No visibility into the KPIs that actually run a practice. No proactive tax planning. Payroll that eats your front office's time. Weak internal controls that leave the door open to embezzlement. David from Accounting was built to fix exactly this: healthcare-only accounting with clean books, real KPI visibility, and a firm that plans ahead with you.

Why David from Accounting

A firm healthcare owners can trust. Healthcare practices trust us with what matters most. Here's what that means in practice:

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Credentials you can verify

a licensed accounting firm working exclusively with healthcare practices.

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HIPAA-aware by design

your practice's financial data is handled with the same care you give patient records: encrypted systems, least-privilege access, and staff trained on handling PHI-adjacent data.

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Secure client portal

share documents through an encrypted portal, never email.

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Fixed fees in writing

every plan is a fixed monthly fee. No surprise hourly bills, ever.

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Month-end close by the 10th

you always know where you stand.

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Internal-controls expertise

segregation of duties and fraud safeguards built into your bookkeeping, because embezzlement risk is real in practices.

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What clients say

★★★★★
Amazing service. David is very organized and Type A. The exact guy you want doing your bookkeeping and payroll! He helped us iron out many issues we had working with a different local company.
Jack ForsmanGoogle review
★★★★★
It is a JOY working with David. He takes ownership in supporting our every need and works relentlessly to solve any problem our business presents. David is truly a high caliber professional and our business can't speak more highly of him. He is knowledgeable, kind, super responsive, and takes the extra steps to keep us organized. We absolutely love having David on our team!
Sam SapkotaGoogle review
★★★★★
David is an absolute gem! David's assistance with our recent asset acquisition transition was seamless, and his ongoing bookkeeping management has been a lifesaver. David's responsiveness and attention-to-detail are second to none, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks. What truly sets David apart is the expertise he brings to the table. David knows his stuff inside-out and has a knack for explaining complex financial matters in a way that's easy to digest. We cannot recommend David enough!
Summit Strategic PartnersGoogle review
★★★★★
We hired David as our bookkeeper and he has done everything we asked for plus more. As a business owner never having to worry about Quickbooks and receiving monthly reports saves so much time. He's affordable, kind, and nails the customer service. I highly recommend!
Nicholas HanstadGoogle review
★★★★★
David is such a fantastic bookkeeping partner. He is diligent, timely and has an unmatched attention to detail. As owner operators, we often get caught up in the distractions of the day to day operations, but we feel confident having a partner like him safe guarding our bookkeeping. He catches things we could miss and truly cares about the success of our company!
Revival Concrete CoatingsGoogle review
★★★★★
David was a life saver. He helped me transition two years worth of receipts and statements into quickbooks for my small business. He got me caught up and on the right track. I was so impressed I've hired his services monthly to manage my books saving me valuable time allowing me to concentrate on other things.
Scott WalkerGoogle review
★★★★★
I highly recommend David Friest, Friest Management, for your accounting needs. I instantly trusted David and my trust was well-placed as he is an excellent communicator, organized, detail oriented, provides timely and accurate reports and is super fun to work with!
Kim PearsonFacebook recommendation

How working together works

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1. Discovery call

Tell us about your practice: specialty, size, providers, and what's not working. We'll tell you honestly which plan fits and quote your fixed fee in writing.

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2. Onboarding and cleanup

We collect your records, clean up the books, and set up a healthcare-specific chart of accounts with internal controls built in.

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3. Monthly rhythm

Books closed by the 10th, a KPI snapshot for your specialty, and a team that answers your questions, plus quarterly tax planning and forecasting on Growth and above.