Patient Accounts Officer (Private Hospital) – Fixed-Term

Every claim you code correctly at this radiology group in Brakpan gets paid faster. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Brakpan (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients

• Matric
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• Confident with Excel and email
• 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

• Normal practice hours with most weekends off
• 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.
• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.