Appeals and generalist clerk vs senior clerk

The differences between appeals and generalist clerks and senior clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become an appeals and generalist clerk, becoming a senior clerk takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, an appeals and generalist clerk has an average salary of $40,308, which is higher than the $30,664 average annual salary of a senior clerk.

The top three skills for an appeals and generalist clerk include appeals, data entry and medicaid. The most important skills for a senior clerk are customer service, data entry, and patients.

Appeals and generalist clerk vs senior clerk overview

	Appeals And Generalist Clerk	Senior Clerk
Yearly salary	$40,308	$30,664
Hourly rate	$19.38	$14.74
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	73,714	86,133
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	51	47
Years of experience	6	2

Appeals and generalist clerk vs senior clerk salary

Appeals and generalist clerks and senior clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Appeals And Generalist Clerk	Senior Clerk
Average salary	$40,308	$30,664
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $50,000	Between $23,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Tracy, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between appeals and generalist clerk and senior clerk education

There are a few differences between an appeals and generalist clerk and a senior clerk in terms of educational background:

	Appeals And Generalist Clerk	Senior Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Western Carolina University

Appeals and generalist clerk vs senior clerk demographics

Here are the differences between appeals and generalist clerks' and senior clerks' demographics:

	Appeals And Generalist Clerk	Senior Clerk
Average age	51	47
Gender ratio	Male, 17.6% Female, 82.4%	Male, 22.1% Female, 77.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 6.5% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 22.8% Asian, 8.0% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	7%	6%

Differences between appeals and generalist clerk and senior clerk duties and responsibilities

Appeals and generalist clerk example responsibilities.

Manage orthopedic accounts regarding payment posting through IDX medical systems.
Conduct quality control, requiring strong knowledge of the CM/ECF pro- gram.
Research and appeal denials with correct coding (ICD-9, CPT, modifiers, etc . )
Collect, verify, update and register patients demographics and insurance/ medical coverage information in accordance with the guidelines.
Verify Medi-cal and additional government plans prior to patient attending appointment.

Senior clerk example responsibilities.

Manage orthopedic accounts regarding payment posting through IDX medical systems.
Operate a POS system to itemize and complete customer purchase.
Supervise employees and run nightly closing financial reports for all restaurants in the resort.
Provide administrative support for meeting logistics and catering.
Monitor payroll for centers and marketing company to ensure accuracy.
Design PowerPoint documents along with plot charts to enhance presentations.

Appeals and generalist clerk vs senior clerk skills

Common appeals and generalist clerk skills

Appeals, 43%
Data Entry, 30%
Medicaid, 10%
Patient Charts, 3%
Cm/Ecf, 3%
Local Rules, 2%

Common senior clerk skills

Customer Service, 19%
Data Entry, 13%
Patients, 9%
Phone Calls, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Cleanliness, 5%

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