Healthcare accounting

Medical practice accounting.
Books handled for you.

Accounting and bookkeeping for medical practices, clinics and healthcare companies. Zeni's AI Accountant codes every insurance reimbursement, patient payment and expense, and our finance team closes your books each month.
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Built for the business side of care

Patients come first. The books still have to close.

Payers deposit on their own schedule, copays trickle in, and supply orders and payroll land every week. Zeni's AI Accountant and our team of accountants keep all of it coded and reconciled, on the same platform that closes the books for 1,000+ customers.¹

250+
accountants, bookkeepers and controllers reviewing the work, so your office manager doesn't have to
1,000+
companies whose books close on Zeni every month
13 weeks
of cash forecast from the AI CFO, so payroll and supply orders never catch you short
$20B+
in finances processed on the platform
We set it up. We run the AI agents.

Zeni sets everything up for your practice and connects your bank and card accounts. Our team manages the AI agents and reviews the work, so physicians and practice managers stay focused on patients, not healthcare accounting.

✓ Set up by Zeni
✓ AI agents managed by our team
✓ Works out of the box
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Reimbursements tracked

Insurance reimbursements and payer deposits are coded to revenue the day they land, so you see what each payer actually paid.

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Patient payments reconciled

Copays and card payments are matched to bank deposits, with gaps flagged before month-end.

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Practice expenses, explained

Medical supplies, rent, staffing and equipment are categorized with the reasoning attached, and flux analysis explains every swing.

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Cash flow between visits

Ask the AI CFO about cash, revenue by location or a new hire, and get an answer from live books.

Your practice's new teammates

An AI Accountant for the books.
An AI CFO for the answers.

The AI Accountant keeps your practice's books current all month. The AI CFO turns them into answers.

AI Accountant

Codes every payer deposit, copay and supply order with its reasoning attached, routes low-confidence calls to reviewers, and reconciles bank and card accounts before month-end.

AI CFO

Answers questions on cash flow, payer mix and practice expenses from live books, shows how it reasoned, and models scenarios like cutting supply spend.

How it works

Connect your practice. Get closed books.

Zeni's AI and finance team handle the bookkeeping in between. You review the numbers and ask the questions.

1

Connect your accounts: link your practice's bank accounts, cards, payroll and billing deposits. Your Zeni team handles setup with you.

2

The AI Accountant works the month: it codes payer deposits, copays and expenses, matches receipts and reconciles accounts.

3

Your Zeni team closes and you review: we close the month and deliver financial statements and flux analysis, and you ask the AI CFO anything.

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Medical bookkeeping

What is medical practice accounting?

Medical practice accounting is the bookkeeping, reconciliation, reporting and tax planning a practice needs, built around insurance reimbursements, patient payments, staff and medical supply costs. Zeni's AI Accountant codes and reconciles each transaction as it lands, so your staff's hours go to patients instead of the back office.

Your standards

Every number comes with its reasoning.

Each AI suggestion arrives with its reasoning and confidence, so you and your Zeni team can see why a payer deposit or supply charge landed where it did. Approval rules enforce separation of duties, and nothing changes in a closed period. Change history on every transaction supports compliance reviews.

Built for review
"Show reason" on every AI categorization
Change history on every transaction
Journal entry schedules wait for approval
Created entries can be reverted
Submitters can never approve their own work
A physician practice owner discussing a financial report with a finance advisorAI CFO · answers from live books
Advisory

Know where the practice stands before you decide.

Zeni's AI CFO answers questions on cash flow, revenue and practice expenses from your live books, shows how every metric was calculated, and builds a 13-week cash forecast,² so expansion decisions start from real numbers.

From spreadsheets to real-time books

One finance workspace for the whole healthcare practice.

Receipts chased by email
→
Receipts matched to transactions
Deposits sorted by hand
→
Payer deposits coded as they land
Variance hunt in spreadsheets
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Flux by category, vendor and location
Questions answered next month
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Answers with a chart, from live books

Zeni connects to your practice's bank accounts, cards and payroll. The AI Accountant keeps the books current, your Zeni team closes each month, and the AI CFO answers from those same books.

Meet the AI Accountant →
Inside the close

Your practice's month-end close, in one workspace.

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TRANSACTIONS

Coded, with the reasoning attached.

Every payer deposit, copay and supply charge gets a category, class and vendor, plus an explanation of how the AI decided.

Explore transactions →
Zeni Journal Entries screen with AI-created schedules pending reviewPrepaid schedule drafted, waiting on your approval
JE SCHEDULES

Schedules that post themselves.

Prepaid expense, equipment depreciation and accrual schedules are built and maintained automatically, and every entry waits for approval before it posts.

Explore month-end close →
Zeni Receipts screen listing transactions missing receiptsReceipt matched to its charge, on the record
RECEIPTS

Never chase a receipt again.

Zeni flags every supply order or card charge missing a receipt, gives your staff one place to upload or email them, and matches each receipt to its charge.

Explore receipts →
Zeni Flux Analysis screen comparing October and September spend by vendorAI CFO explains the spike: up 167% from September
FLUX ANALYSIS

Catch the swing before it hits margin.

Month-over-month variances by vendor and location, with a drill-down into the spend trend and an AI CFO summary of what changed.

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Zeni Reconciliation screen for a company bank accountFound 3 statement transactions missing from the books
RECONCILIATIONS

Matched to the bank, to the penny.

Zeni compares each statement to the cleared balance, finds deposits and charges missing from the books, and suggests the entries to create.

Explore reconciliation →
Zeni Task Checklist with close tasks, owners and due datesEvery close task has an owner, a due date and time tracked
TASK CHECKLIST

See who owns every close task.

Every close task has an owner, a priority and a due date, so your practice manager can see where the month stands while it is still open.

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Beyond the close

Run more of your practice's finance work in one place.

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Invoicing

Invoice partners, employers and other customers, track accounts receivable, and send automated reminders on past-due invoices.

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Task management

Give every month-end task an owner, a priority and a due date, so your practice manager sees who owns what.

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Commenting

Ask a physician or office manager for a receipt or memo right on the transaction, @mention them, and keep the answer on the record.

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Your questions, answered

What practice owners ask. What the AI CFO answers.

Every month
"How many months of cash do we have?"
"What did we spend on medical supplies last quarter?"
After close
"Why did collections drop in September?"
"Break down payroll by location for June."
Planning
"Build a 13-week cash forecast."
"Can we afford a second location next year?"
Who it's for

Built for the people who run healthcare practices.

A healthcare practice team talking around a table in the clinic break roomYour team, plus an AI Accountant and AI CFO

Practice owners and administrators

Physicians and administrators running one or more medical practices who need accurate books without an in-house accountant.

  • See cash flow and revenue at a glance
  • Track practice expenses month over month
  • Get tax-ready books without a year-end scramble
  • Keep clean records for audits and compliance reviews

Digital health founders and finance leads

Venture-backed telehealth, digital health and medtech companies that report to investors and plan around runway.

  • Investor-ready financials every month
  • Burn and runway from books that are always current
  • Board reporting backed by reconciled numbers
Built for medical practices

Spend your time on patients. Leave the books to us.

See the AI Accountant and AI CFO on books like your practice's.

Review by design
Reviewed by Zeni's finance team
Reasoning on every AI call
Approvals before anything posts
Separation of duties
SOC 2 Type II compliant
FAQ

Medical practice accounting FAQs.

What is medical practice accounting?+
It's the bookkeeping, reconciliation, reporting and tax planning a medical practice needs, built around how a practice gets paid and what it spends. Zeni handles it with AI and a finance team.
What does a medical bookkeeping service handle?+
Transaction categorization, bank and card reconciliation, reimbursement and patient payment tracking, the month-end close and financial statements. Zeni covers each of these every month.
How does Zeni track insurance reimbursements?+
Payer deposits are coded to revenue as they land in your bank. Claim-level billing, accounts receivable and the rest of your revenue cycle stay in your billing system, and your books show what each payer actually paid.
Should a medical practice use cash or accrual accounting?+
Many small practices start on cash. Growing practices, and any healthcare company raising capital, usually move to accrual so revenue lands in the period it was earned.
Can Zeni help with tax planning for a medical practice?+
Yes. Zeni's tax team handles federal and state income tax filing on tax plans, and the books stay tax-ready all year, so tax planning starts from current numbers.
Do you work with telehealth and digital health startups?+
Yes. Zeni serves venture-backed digital health, telehealth and medtech companies with investor-ready reporting and runway tracking.
Who sets up and manages the AI agents?+
Zeni does. Our team deploys the platform and manages the AI agents, so everything works out of the box. Your Zeni finance team reviews the work, and you approve what needs your sign-off.
Can the AI make mistakes?+
Yes. Lower-confidence transactions go to a review queue instead of posting, your Zeni team reviews the close, and the AI CFO is in beta, so check anything important against the books.
Sources and notes
  1. Zeni internal figures, October 2026, and customer results from Zeni's published case studies.
  2. AI CFO is in beta and can make mistakes; check anything important against the books.