Medical Billing Clerk (Specialist Rooms) – Entry Level

Every claim you code correctly at this specialist orthopaedic rooms in Vanderbijlpark gets paid faster. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Location: Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions

• 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
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts

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

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

• 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.