Medical Billing Clerk (Specialist Rooms)

Patients meet you first at this medical billing bureau in Bellville, so calm and clear matters. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Home base is a medical billing bureau on the Bellville side of Western Cape. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software

• Matric
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• You keep patient information private, every time
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau

• Worked for a specialist discipline such as radiology, anaesthesia or orthopaedics
• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts
• Experience with hospital case management and pre-auth

• Bonus linked to collections at billing bureaus
• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• Normal practice hours with most weekends off

• Keep your cover note short and error-free; front desk jobs are judged on how neatly you communicate.
• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.