ACCOUNT ASSISTANTS
Ref No. FAA/02/2022
Responsibilities
- Receipting
all types of monies from clients i.e., in and outpatient walk-ins, and for
any other services.
- Banking
the day’s collections with the treasury.
- Billing
all procedure done and items used
- Finalizing
invoices
- Sending
pre-authorizations to insurances for day case procedures
- Explaining
to patients their bill
- Invoice
booking for doctors
- Producing
reports e.g. un-finalized report, finalized report, outpatient
un-finalize, amount spent per patient
- Filling
in all the required documents i.e., admission papers, insurance
Preauthorization, claim forms and NHIF forms where necessary.
- Notifying
insurance companies on admission of their clients through calling
- sending
through email and fax preauthorization to insurance companies.
- Following
letters of undertaking.
- Writing
deposit top up letters to self-paying patients/relatives.
- Ensuring
that all patients pay the required deposit at the time of admission for
any arrangements they are authorized by the right authority.
- Admitting
the patients in the system with the correct date and type of accommodation.
- Giving
the patient any information they require knowing.
- Confirming
that all relevant documents are provided at the point of discharge i.e.
letters of undertaking from the insurances and corporates, NHIF documents
from the patient/relatives, discharge summaries from the care management
and doctor’s invoices.
- Finalizing
all the patients’ bills effecting NHIF where applicable and also giving
discounts.
- Seeking
for extension from the insurance companies and
corporates where the bill exceeds the amount in
the undertaking letter.
- Ensuring
that all self-paying patients clear the bills before they are discharged
or the undertakings are done by the authorized staff.
- Ensuring
that all patients who are supposed to sign the bills before discharge do
the same.
- Confirmation
of mode of payment
- Confirming
validity for insurance or corporate patients
- Opening
of new file
- Retrieving
of old files
- Activation
of patients
- Issuing
of appointment cards
- Any
other duties assigned by the direct supervisor, senior accountant or
senior management from time to time.
Qualifications
- CPA
PART ONE
- Proficiency
in Microsoft office
- One
year of relevant experience in a hospital setup is an added advantage.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are requested to
visit our website and apply online at https://www.karenhospital.org/about-us/ OR you can send your detailed CV to us on email
to: recruitment@karenhospital.org quoting
the reference number.
Deadline for submission is 7th February
2022
Due to the large number of applicants only shortlisted candidates
will be contacted
