Consultant: Medical Management x27 at Road Accident Fund

• NB: is a Three (3) years Fixed-Term Contract position

Purpose of the job: The Consultant: Medical Management is responsible to implement the medical management activities, medical exception handling and providing administration support in claims processing.

Key Performance Areas

• Medical Management.
• Conduct medical assessment and compile injury assessment reports.
• Conduct assessments and bill reviews on submitted claims, focusing on the appropriate level of care, the length of stay, and quality of care.
• Incorporate tariffs, cost savings initiative recording, and treatment protocol to ensure that all service providers adhere to the rules, and the tariff as guided by the RAF and / or any that is considered reasonable.
• Pre authorise submitted claims aligned to RAF clinical guidelines including the RAF formularory, treatment protocols and related tarrifs.
• Escalation of complex cases for multi disciplinary review and adjudication.
• Participate in the consultations process on the implementation of medical claims processes.

Exception Handling.

• Ensure the implementation and maintenance of a formal exception handling process within the medical management.
• Maintain the documentation and regular updating of the exception handling process.
• Maintain the implementation an unusual occurrence procedures.

Reporting.

• Track and report against set objectives and targets.
• Report on emerging risks.
• Provide ad hoc reports on process improvement initiatives.
• Produce documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations.

Stakeholder Management

• Deal with/and respond to correspondence.
• Maintain healthy relationships with all stakeholders.
• Follow up and resolve all queries, following up and making recommendations on which corrective actions are appropriate.
• Follow up and feedback to all stakeholders to keep them updated on the status of a query.
• Respond to queries within the predefined turnaround times.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/Advanced Diploma in Health Sciences /Medical related qualification.
• Registration with HPCSA/SANCA.

Experience

• Relevant 3 years’ experience in a Medical related environment.
• Technical and behavioral competencies required
• Claims management process/ processes and systems.
• Medical product management
• Medical bill reviewing
• Medical case management
• Complex problem identification, solving and decision making
• Customer value proposition
• Strong clinical analytical capabilities
• Knowledge of motor vehicle accident legislation
• Planning, Organising and Coordinating
• Personal Mastery
• Judgement and Decision Making

Ethics and Values

• Client Service Orientation