Medical Virtual Assistant (Scheduling & Billing Support)
Budget / Salary$700–800
TypePart-time job
LocationSouth Africa
Posted4 hours ago
Overview A growing U.S.-based mental health practice is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Virtual Assistant to support daily administrative, client coordination, and medical billing tasks. This role is ideal for someone with medical billing experience who is comfortable handling both client communication and backend reconciliation tasks within an EHR system. There is potential for this role to expand into a full-time shared position supporting two therapists.
Key Responsibilities
Client Communication & Scheduling
Answer incoming calls and assist clients
Schedule, reschedule, and manage appointments
Respond to emails and client inquiries professionally
Billing & Payments (CORE FOCUS)
Submit daily insurance claims via EHR system
Investigate and follow up on unpaid or rejected claims
Perform billing reconciliation (ensure payments match records)
Collect co-payments at the start of each day
Communicate with insurance companies regarding claims
Administrative Support
Maintain and clean up records within the system
Update and input accurate data into EHR
Follow SOPs for billing and admin processes
Create or update templates/scripts for communication when needed
Software & Tools Must Have:
Medical billing experience (non-negotiable)
Nice to Have:
SimplePractice
TherapyNotes
Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail)
Requirements
Strong English communication (clear, easy-to-understand accent)
Previous experience in medical billing / healthcare admin
High attention to detail and accuracy
Comfortable following SOPs and structured workflows
Strong organizational and multitasking skills
Working Hours
~20 hours per week (Part-Time)
CST working hours
Potential to scale to full-time (40 hours/week)
Why Join Assist World?
100% REMOTE
$50 birthday bonus
$200 testimonial bonus
$500 entry monthly raffle
NO TRACKER. NO PROBLEM
Originally posted on Himalayas
Key Responsibilities
Client Communication & Scheduling
Answer incoming calls and assist clients
Schedule, reschedule, and manage appointments
Respond to emails and client inquiries professionally
Billing & Payments (CORE FOCUS)
Submit daily insurance claims via EHR system
Investigate and follow up on unpaid or rejected claims
Perform billing reconciliation (ensure payments match records)
Collect co-payments at the start of each day
Communicate with insurance companies regarding claims
Administrative Support
Maintain and clean up records within the system
Update and input accurate data into EHR
Follow SOPs for billing and admin processes
Create or update templates/scripts for communication when needed
Software & Tools Must Have:
Medical billing experience (non-negotiable)
Nice to Have:
SimplePractice
TherapyNotes
Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Gmail)
Requirements
Strong English communication (clear, easy-to-understand accent)
Previous experience in medical billing / healthcare admin
High attention to detail and accuracy
Comfortable following SOPs and structured workflows
Strong organizational and multitasking skills
Working Hours
~20 hours per week (Part-Time)
CST working hours
Potential to scale to full-time (40 hours/week)
Why Join Assist World?
100% REMOTE
$50 birthday bonus
$200 testimonial bonus
$500 entry monthly raffle
NO TRACKER. NO PROBLEM
Originally posted on Himalayas
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