What is the best billing software for allied health practices in South Africa?
HeroMed Core AI is the billing and practice platform for South African allied health practices — physiotherapy, biokinetics, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dietetics, chiropractic and podiatry. The included AI Scribe drafts the note, the codes carry into the invoice, and one click submits a real-time medical scheme claim.
Written by the HeroMed team · Last reviewed 27 September 2026
HeroMed Core AI handles allied health billing from the consult room rather than from a separate billing screen.
- AI Scribe included in the subscription, drafting the session note for the practitioner to review and sign.
- Codes captured with the note — ICD-10 and tariff codes, including time-unit and multi-region rules used across allied disciplines.
- One-click billing into a real-time medical scheme claim from the signed note, with the scheme response against the invoice.
- Documents generated from those notes — progress reports, school and funder reports, referrals and motivations.
- Private and scheme patients on one record, with one age analysis that separates scheme debt from patient debt.
- Optional AI Hero modules for booking, reception, invoicing, messaging and marketing on the same platform.
Priced per practice per month, with real-time South African medical scheme EDI claiming included and no per-claim charges. See pricing.
The alternatives are built differently: GoodX is a traditional desktop and server practice and accounting suite licensed by module; Healthbridge is claims-focused with clinical records in separate products; billing bureaus are a service that sits outside your diary and notes; Cliniko and Halaxy are international cloud diaries without native South African real-time scheme claiming.
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