Medical Aid Claims Administrator

You'll keep the front of a busy general practice in Kempton Park organised so the doctors can focus on patients. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Kempton Park-based, with most of your time spent at a busy general practice. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients

• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• You keep patient information private, every time
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau

• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims
• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts

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

• Name the billing software you know in your CV headline; practices want someone who needs no system training.
• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.