Position: Claims Assessor
Location: Centurion, Gauteng
Position Purpose: To ensure that claim lines that require manual intervention are released efficiently and timeously, as per agreed TAT by applying assessing and Scheme rules.
Experience: A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a Managed Healthcare will be advantageous.
.Qualifications: Tertiary qualification in related field.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Conduct accurate and effective intervention/reconciliation of administration on all allocated claims
- Accurately and efficiently process allocated claims according to the defined process and within Service Level Agreement
- Continuously apply relevant rules
- Follow documented Assessing policies and procedures pertaining to manual intervention and reconciliation of claims
- Rectify incorrect information on claims and escalate where required
- Reconcile claims where required and communicate outcome
- Ensure correct payments to vendor or member
- Meet delivery objectives through working with other team members within and linked to the department / project
- Resolve operational performance variations and problems and escalate unresolved issues to higher levels
- Ensure delivery targets/objectives are met and operate in a supportive manner to achieve successful delivery
KEY COMPETENCIES
Knowledge
- Knowledge and application of dispensing of meds, surgical material & procedures
- Application of financial and risk assessment methodology
- Knowledge of scheme rules and contractual negotiations
- Application of clinical intervention principles
- Advise on best practice health risk solutions to relevant parties
- Knowledge and application of relevant legislation
- Knowledge and application of processes and procedure
Skills
- Emails / HIP / Excel / Word
- Negotiation and Telephone Skills
- Communication Skills
- Business Writing Skills
- Relevant systems knowledge and application
- Ability to negotiate and influence
- Problem Solving
- Numerical Ability
- Customer Focus
- Attention to Accuracy and Detail
Note: Company reserves the right to close the advert before specified closing date.
PHA has its head office in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal. It operates country-wide with a nationally linked network and uses a robust, flexible, as well as integrated system to ensure efficient and effective administration of membership and benefits.