Patient Services Manager
Clinix Health Group (Pty) Ltd
Vosloorus, Gauteng
Permanent
Posted 18 June 2024
- Closing Date 20 December 2024
Job Details
Job Description
Job Title : Patient Services Manager
Location : Clinix Botshelong-Empilweni Private Hospital (Vosloorus)
Job Summary:
To plan, organize and execute the revenue cycle management at a hospital facility. The incumbent manages a team of specialist that contribute to hospital finances through accurate billing and risk mitigation processes.
Minimum Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with Anatomy and Physiology qualifications
- Current registration with SANC.
- 2-3 years’ experience in similar role in private health care.
- Intermediate and Advanced CPD and ICD coding
- Computer Literacy.
Minimum Duties:
- Deliver on the hospital’s revenue cycle management operating plan.
- Inspect work performed in the revenue cycle management team and ensure work is performed according to CHG quality standards.
- Research, enable and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology.
- Review existing processes and suggest innovative ideas to improve and streamline processes to drive efficiencies and minimise redundancy.
- Ensure the development, alignment, mapping and implementation of end-to-end standard operating procedures / processes.
- Ensure efficient management Reception, Admissions, Case Management and Billing Auditing departments.
- Ensure revenue and collections targets are achieved by effectively the department.
- Monitor and ensure WIP (Work-in-Progress) is within the agreed upon periods.
- Ensure overall rejections are within the acceptable threshold.
- Review, audit and sign off on all consignments to ensure accuracy of billing and minimisation capital loss.
- Conduct daily EOC (End of Case) reconciliation to ensure billings are done within the allotted timeframes per funder standards.
- Ensure case managers follow proper coding protocols to reduce rejection rates.
- Ensure case managers maintain an up-to-date register of length of stay and update the funders regularly to ensure all services rendered are paid for.
- Develop and implement admissions process and protocols and ensure the adherence of all admissions staff to maintain standards.
- Ensure that all files requested and utilised are in accordance with CHG standards.
- Review services (together with relevant stakeholders) on SAP to ensure optimisation of billings of services.
- Analyse data trends relating to rejections and short payments.
- Lead and drive the accurate and business billing process to ensure Patient Services metric targets are achieved.