Admissions clerk vs emergency room registrar

Differences between admissions clerk and emergency room registrar duties and responsibilities

Admissions clerk example responsibilities.

• Manage an adjoining veterinary supply shop that sell medications, animal food and pet equipment.
• Register patients via ambulances and lobby registration.
• Utilize ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding in admitting patients and pre-certifications/authorizations for admissions and procedures.
• Interview incoming patients or representatives and enter information require for admission and emergency department registration into the computer.
• Interpret institutes regulations and charges to patients and/or family members, obtaining necessary information and signatures where necessary.
• Maintain communications with physicians' offices and unit secretaries/nursing coordinator to ensure bed placement of direct admissions and in-patient surgery candidates.
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Emergency room registrar example responsibilities.

• Manage Medicare, Medicaid environment and third party reimbursements.
• Maintain direct involvement in interviewing patients and gathering demographic data and account information, as well as in validating insurance coverage.
• Complete paperwork and enter all info into MediTech database.
• Handle all patient information according to NYSDOH according to HIPPA compliance.
• Register patients for walk-in lab and x-ray utilizing ICD9 and CPT coding.
• Maintain data accuracy in MEDITECH to provide quality assurance and financial process in order to have prompt collections.
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