Medical Billing Clerk (Specialist Rooms)

At a private hospital admissions office in Stellenbosch, your job is clean files, correct codes and money that comes in on time. This is a good step for someone who wants proper routine and a manager who notices good work.

Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs

• Confident with Excel and email
• Matric
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts

• Medical terminology or clinical coding certificate
• Worked for a specialist discipline such as radiology, anaesthesia or orthopaedics
• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims

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

• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.
• Keep your cover note short and error-free; front desk jobs are judged on how neatly you communicate.