Admitting interviewer vs emergency room registrar

The differences between admitting interviewers 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 interviewer and an emergency room registrar. Additionally, an admitting interviewer has an average salary of $35,331, which is higher than the $33,811 average annual salary of an emergency room registrar.

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

Admitting interviewer vs emergency room registrar overview

	Admitting Interviewer	Emergency Room Registrar
Yearly salary	$35,331	$33,811
Hourly rate	$16.99	$16.26
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	13,497	101,528
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Admitting interviewer vs emergency room registrar salary

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

	Admitting Interviewer	Emergency Room Registrar
Average salary	$35,331	$33,811
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $46,000	Between $26,000 And $43,000
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Differences between admitting interviewer and emergency room registrar education

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

	Admitting Interviewer	Emergency Room Registrar
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Health Care Administration	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Pennsylvania

Admitting interviewer vs emergency room registrar demographics

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

	Admitting Interviewer	Emergency Room Registrar
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 19.4% Female, 80.6%	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.2% Asian, 4.5% White, 53.8% 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 interviewer and emergency room registrar duties and responsibilities

Admitting interviewer example responsibilities.

Manage confidential patient information according to HIPPA guidelines.
Remain positive in every negative situation, using compassion and personality appropriately to asses and diffuse critical situations.
Assign ICD-9 and CPT coding on all admissions.
Interview patients; verify demographic and insurance information in the Invision application program.

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 interviewer vs emergency room registrar skills

Common admitting interviewer skills

Patients, 32%
Insurance Eligibility, 9%
Insurance Verification, 8%
Customer Service, 7%
Epic, 7%
Data Entry, 5%

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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