Medical Billing Clerk (Specialist Rooms)

You'll keep the front of a specialist orthopaedic rooms in Randburg organised so the doctors can focus on patients. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is Randburg-based, with most of your time spent at a specialist orthopaedic rooms.

• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close

• Matric
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau

• Medical terminology or clinical coding certificate
• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims

• Normal practice hours with most weekends off
• Bonus linked to collections at billing bureaus
• Parking on site

• Name the billing software you know in your CV headline; practices want someone who needs no system training.
• Keep your cover note short and error-free; front desk jobs are judged on how neatly you communicate.