Job Title: Billing Clerk
Hiring
Organization: Savannah Healthcare
Location
– Locality: Nairobi
Location
– Region: Kenya
Industry: Health
Job
Type: Full Time
Salary: KES
Date
Posted: 08/07/2025
Purpose of the job:
To
accurately register and generate billing statements for clients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To correctly capture the prerequisite
demographic information into the HMIS for all patients coming for
treatment
- Process and progress preauthorization properly
for medical bills undertakings for clients with insurance covers.
- To perform any clerical duties relating to
registration and billing in line with the standing orders.
- Billing of patients.
- Review the cost sheet of discharged patients for
accuracy and completion in order to prepare billing statements.
- Prepare billing statements for insurance
companies, patients and other third parties.
- Process refunds for overpaid accounts.
- Prepare reports and respond to inquiries
concerning billing activities.
- Analyze invoices and data for accuracy and
completeness.
- Serve and protect the hospital’s image by
adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures.
- To check if disease code in the discharge
summary matches with what was done to the patient before invoicing
- To fill in daily admission and claim forms and
attach the correct requirements during discharge
- To communicate appropriately and provide
information to patients in relation to the processes of the hospital
- Any other duties may be assigned by the head of
department or management.
- To uphold office etiquette.
- To make sure that the card is fully paid and
premiums to exceed at least three months from the time of discharge to
avoid claims being rejected
- To ensure that claims are Batched as per
medication accorded
- To submit all Batched claims to SHIF Branch for
processing and payments
Minimum Qualifications
- An understanding of how to read medical invoices
and coding language.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of medical billing software.
- Knowledge of medical documentation evaluation.
- Attention to Detail.
- Exceptional customer service and organizational
skills.
- Strong problem solving and sound judgment
skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Excellent communication and IT skills will be
added advantage.
- Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and
unsupervised.
- Ability to adapt quickly to change
- A holder in CPA II/ACCA Equivalent
- At least two (1-2) years prior experience in
billing in a hospital.
- Computer literate
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to
forward their applications indicating their expected salary with detailed CV
including 3 referees, telephone contact and email address to careers@savannahhealth.co.ke on
or before 8th August 2025. Quote the position you are applying for as the
subject e.g. “Pharmaceutical Technologist”
