Patient Accounts Officer (Private Hospital)

Every claim you code correctly at this private hospital admissions office in eMalahleni gets paid faster. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

The work is in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• 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
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close

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

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

• 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.