Billing Assistants- Revenue Management - Nkhensani Hospital

The mission of the Limpopo Department of Health is to provide and promote comprehensive, accessible and affordable quality health care services to improve the life expectancy of the people. The Department's strategic goals are to provide effective corporate governance; provide appropriate human resources management and development; promote a sound financial management practice; implement comprehensive care and accelerate the management of HIV/AIDS, TB, STIs, and other communicable and non-communicable diseases; strengthen district, health and hospital services; improve the quality of health care; improve emergency medical services; develop tertiary services; and improve infrastructure development and maintenance.Key Performance Areas Billing of all services rendered to patients in the allocated area of responsibility in line with the Uniform Patient Fee Schedule, relevant procedures and prescripts. Obtain relevant documents required for submission of claims to Road Accident Fund (RAF) and government departments. Timeous packaging and submission of hospital claims to the district and relevant departments Maintain updated debtors' book and records relating to Road Accident Fund Claims and other government departments accounts. Follow-up and trace outstanding accounts according to policies and procedures Perform daily reconciliation of payments received against the individual debtors in the system and identify unpaid accounts. Follow up on remittances for payment made by RAF and other funders Provide any other related financial administrative functions as required from time to time. Timeous compilation and submission of required reports. Prerequisites A Senior Certificate [Grade 12] plus undergraduate qualification in Financial Management/Accounting or equivalent financial related qualification at NQF level 6 as recognized by the South African Qualifications Authority [SAQA]. Experience in revenue management and billing in health environment will be an added advantage. Computer literacy in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; and Virtual meeting platforms literacy. Willingness to work extra hours on short notice. Person Profile An understanding of public sector Financial Management and the provisions of PFMA, Treasury Regulations and related prescripts. Intermediate or advanced skills in MS excel. Ability to accept accountability and responsibility and to work independently unsupervised. Able to work with multidisciplinary teams within the revenue value chain.