Billing assistant vs office assistant

The differences between billing assistants and office assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a billing assistant and an office assistant. Additionally, a billing assistant has an average salary of $33,745, which is higher than the $31,517 average annual salary of an office assistant.

The top three skills for a billing assistant include patients, data entry and medicaid. The most important skills for an office assistant are data entry, patients, and customer service.

Billing assistant vs office assistant overview

	Billing Assistant	Office Assistant
Yearly salary	$33,745	$31,517
Hourly rate	$16.22	$15.15
Growth rate	-3%	-5%
Number of jobs	34,070	103,293
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	47
Years of experience	2	2

What does a billing assistant do?

A billing assistant is primarily in charge of performing support tasks to maintain smooth billing operations in an establishment. Their responsibilities typically include preparing and processing invoices for clients, sending billing adjustments, printing and reviewing invoices and billings, receiving payments, and monitoring delinquent invoices, sending reminders as necessary. They may also close and balance payments, calculate discounts, and maintain records of all transactions. Moreover, a billing assistant must be alert and proactive for any errors and inconsistencies, dealing with them accordingly.

What does an office assistant do?

Office assistants perform various tasks to ensure that the business runs organized and efficient. An office assistant must possess excellent communication and multi-tasking skills to handle essential duties such as scheduling meetings, monitoring office supplies, storing documents and necessary paperwork, handling customer inquiries and appointments, coordinating in company events, and accomplishing other clerical tasks and administrative support. Office assistants are also required to communicate any observation that would possibly make an impact on the company's performance.

Billing assistant vs office assistant salary

Billing assistants and office assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Billing Assistant	Office Assistant
Average salary	$33,745	$31,517
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $41,000	Between $24,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Baltimore, MD	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Washington	Vermont
Best paying company	University of California, Berkeley	Analysis Group
Best paying industry	Technology	Government

Differences between billing assistant and office assistant education

There are a few differences between a billing assistant and an office assistant in terms of educational background:

	Billing Assistant	Office Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Western Carolina University

Billing assistant vs office assistant demographics

Here are the differences between billing assistants' and office assistants' demographics:

	Billing Assistant	Office Assistant
Average age	46	47
Gender ratio	Male, 14.2% Female, 85.8%	Male, 17.3% Female, 82.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% Asian, 6.8% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.0% Asian, 8.3% White, 54.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	7%	6%

Differences between billing assistant and office assistant duties and responsibilities

Billing assistant example responsibilities.

Manage all billing accounts including Medicare/Medicaid, HMO and individual accounts.
Post insurance payments, explain patient what the EOB is about, collect payments from patients.
Communicate annual contracting, CPT, and ICD-9 yearly changes to doctor's offices by creation of formal notification.
Experience with billing systems and practices with CPT coding, ICD-9, and usages of coding for productive billing.
Bill insurance companies using ICD-9 coding.
Used denial reason codes on paper & electronic EOB in EMR/EHR software to examine denials.

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Office assistant example responsibilities.

Manage filing, photocopying, collating, and faxing public and seal case documents.
Manage CI s SharePoint pages and serve as CI s subject matter expert on SharePoint working groups.
Manage operational FedEx relationship through order fulfillment, shipment tracking, and communication with parties involve in shipment transaction.
Compile payroll records, detect and reconcile discrepancies, accurately report outcomes using QuickBooks.
Maintain office services by organizing office operations and procedures, preparing payroll, controlling correspondences, and designing filing systems.
File client paperwork upholding HIPAA standards.

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Billing assistant vs office assistant skills

Common billing assistant skills

Patients, 21%
Data Entry, 11%
Medicaid, 5%
Patient Accounts, 4%
CPT, 3%
Front Desk, 3%

Common office assistant skills

Data Entry, 16%
Patients, 14%
Customer Service, 9%
Telephone Calls, 7%
Scheduling Appointments, 6%
Front Desk, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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