Debtors Clerk (Radiology Practice)

Patients meet you first at this private hospital admissions office in Tzaneen, so calm and clear matters. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Home base is a private hospital admissions office on the Tzaneen side of Limpopo.

• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA

• Matric
• Confident with Excel and email
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• You keep patient information private, every time

• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims
• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts
• Worked for a specialist discipline such as radiology, anaesthesia or orthopaedics

• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• Parking on site
• Normal practice hours with most weekends off

• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.
• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.