Medical Billings Officer

Avant is Australia’s largest doctor-owned mutual, we see the ever-increasing complexities our members face in running a successful practice every day.

In response to these growing demands, we have developed an extensive suite of tailored products and services that all work together to make running a practice easier, safer and more efficient. We believe that by supporting our members and their practices in this way, they can focus more on what they do best – delivering excellence in healthcare.

Avant Practice Solutions deliver a holistic proposition to support and enable medical practices with a combination of technology, practice management, and virtual administration services. This approach is expected to deliver our next chapter of growth, as we expand our value proposition and the quality support we provide medical practices in Australia.

About the role:

Working in our Medical Billings Service team, ideally you will have strong customer service skills and knowledge of practice billings (physician or surgeon's rooms), alternatively private hospital billing experience (understanding Medicare and Health Fund billing requirements).

Key responsibilities:

• Processing patient accounts and payments as well as daily reconciliation.
• Bulk billing and DVA batching, reconciliation and follow up with Medicare.
• Invoicing via Eclipse and follow up with Health fund as required.
• Following up of outstanding debt for the assigned doctors.
• Paperwork as required for doctor registration with funds and Medicare
• Preparation of quotes and informed financial consent documents as requests per our quoting service.
• Managing daily administrative operations of the office.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• Previous experience in general administration or reception within a medical practice.
• Experience working in the healthcare sector with an understanding of Medicare and Private Health Funds is essential.

At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.