Admitting clerk vs emergency room registrar

The differences between admitting clerks and emergency room registrars can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an admitting clerk and an emergency room registrar. Additionally, an emergency room registrar has an average salary of $33,811, which is higher than the $31,833 average annual salary of an admitting clerk.

The top three skills for an admitting clerk include patients, customer service and medical terminology. The most important skills for an emergency room registrar are patients, medical terminology, and insurance verification.

Admitting clerk vs emergency room registrar overview

	Admitting Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Yearly salary	$31,833	$33,811
Hourly rate	$15.30	$16.26
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	106,698	101,528
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Admitting clerk vs emergency room registrar salary

Admitting clerks and emergency room registrars have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Admitting Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Average salary	$31,833	$33,811
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $41,000	Between $26,000 And $43,000
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Differences between admitting clerk and emergency room registrar education

There are a few differences between an admitting clerk and an emergency room registrar in terms of educational background:

	Admitting Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Admitting clerk vs emergency room registrar demographics

Here are the differences between admitting clerks' and emergency room registrars' demographics:

	Admitting Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 9.3% Female, 90.7%	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.5% White, 53.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.7% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between admitting clerk and emergency room registrar duties and responsibilities

Admitting clerk example responsibilities.

Manage confidential patient information according to HIPPA guidelines.
Assist patients with benefit verification, including Medicare and Medicaid.
Perform online verification of Medicaid and Medicare admissions to insure eligibility.
Schedule patients for special procedures and radiology exams, obtain prior authorizations and referrals.
Release medical records upon request and maintain confidentiality of patients information under HIPPA law.
Process paperwork for various departments including insurance, surgery, radiology, laboratory and the emergency room.

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.

Admitting clerk vs emergency room registrar skills

Common admitting clerk skills

Patients, 40%
Customer Service, 10%
Medical Terminology, 5%
Data Entry, 5%
Computer System, 3%
Phone Calls, 3%

Common emergency room registrar skills

Patients, 43%
Medical Terminology, 5%
Insurance Verification, 5%
Customer Service, 4%
Patient Care, 4%
Data Entry, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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