
Website Mediclinic
Job Description:
To coordinate the hospital case management process and facilitate the communication process between all role players by providing accurate and timeous clinical information to minimise the financial risk for the organisation.
Job Responsibilities:
- Minimise financial risk by effectively managing patient stay
- Lead and manage the people in the Case Management team (if applicable)
- Ensure compliance to case management procedures, contracts and legal aspects by utilising available resources and systems
- Ensure clinical coding standards are adhered to as per Level 3 coding guideline
- Ensure correct and timeous finalisation of cases to facilitate reimbursements from funders of claims
- Consistently and timeously communicate with Funders as contractually agreed through the relevant case management channels
Job Requirements:
- Application of clinical codes and finalisation thereof (Level 3 coding)
- B2B EMS (electronic message system: check status of authorisations and use for trouble,shooting)
- Authorisation and motivation of Level of Care; Length of Stay; Short Payments etc.
- Patient Administration policies and procedures (e.g. Patient Confidentiality; Visitation of external case managers; etc.)
- Funder Contracts; Medical aid requirements/narrations
- Daily workflow; managing deviances; coding; and case management processes
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
- Relevant aspects of applicable statutory acts (e.g. Consumer Protection Act; PMB; etc.)
- Patient admin programmes on the AS400 system
- Scientific nursing principles and process
- Anatomy; physiology and terminology
Qualification & Experience:
- Experience in Theatre and or ICU; Medical aid background; Experience in private healthcare environment or experience as an ILS/ALS Paramedic
- Minimum of 3 years in a clinical role
- Registered Nurse / Professional Nurse or qualified Paramedic
- Clinical qualification
Job Details:
Company: Mediclinic
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Application Deadline: N/A
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