Accounts Controller

Mediclinic; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediclinic is seeking an Accounts Controller to optimise revenue by ensuring accurate patient billing and that each patient file contains all relevant supporting documentation. The role requires handling all charted items and ensuring final billed accounts are complete and timely.

Daily tasks include using reports to finalise accounts and maintaining clear communication with other departments to sustain patient and funder satisfaction within a private healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with billing and accounts in a healthcare setting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Accurate and timeous billing of all charted items used during the patient's stay.
• Complete all patient files and ensure these contain all documents as well as a final billed account.
• Utilise and control applicable reports to ensure prompt finalisation and rendering of accounts.
• Ensure client satisfaction through effective communication with other departments.

Skills

Debtors and creditors

Anatomy and medical terminology

Tariff agreements of medical aids

Computer literacy

Patient administration policies

Billing protocols and DRG processes

Education

Grade 12

Tools

AS400

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates.

The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To optimise revenue by ensuring that an accurate account is generated for each patient and the patient file contains all the relevant supporting documentation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Accurate and timeous billing of all charted items used during the patient's stay
• Complete all patient files and ensure these contain all documents as well as a final billed account
• Utilise and control applicable reports to ensure prompt finalisation and rendering of accounts
• Ensure client satisfaction through effective communication with other departments

Required Education

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION: Grade 12

DESIRED EDUCATION: None

Required Experience

ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: None

DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Previous experience as an Accounts Controller; Experience in a healthcare environment

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Debtors and creditors (invoicing; reconciliation etc.)
• Anatomy (extremities) and medical terminology
• Application and implications of tariff agreements of medical aids (e.g. CPP)
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Patient administration policies; procedures and systems (e.g. AS400)
• Working application of billing protocols; government gazette; final billing; render and EDI as well as DRG processes