Billing consultant vs consultant

The differences between billing consultants and consultants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a billing consultant, becoming a consultant takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a billing consultant has an average salary of $94,948, which is higher than the $78,912 average annual salary of a consultant.

The top three skills for a billing consultant include patients, medicaid and billing procedures. The most important skills for a consultant are customer service, strong analytical, and project management.

Billing consultant vs consultant overview

	Billing Consultant	Consultant
Yearly salary	$94,948	$78,912
Hourly rate	$45.65	$37.94
Growth rate	-3%	11%
Number of jobs	25,943	171,733
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	46	44
Years of experience	2	4

Billing consultant vs consultant salary

Billing consultants and consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Billing Consultant	Consultant
Average salary	$94,948	$78,912
Salary range	Between $75,000 And $119,000	Between $58,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Maryland	New Jersey
Best paying company	Slalom	L.E.K. Consulting
Best paying industry	Finance	Technology

Differences between billing consultant and consultant education

There are a few differences between a billing consultant and a consultant in terms of educational background:

	Billing Consultant	Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Northwestern University

Billing consultant vs consultant demographics

Here are the differences between billing consultants' and consultants' demographics:

	Billing Consultant	Consultant
Average age	46	44
Gender ratio	Male, 24.9% Female, 75.1%	Male, 58.4% Female, 41.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 7.7% White, 56.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 13.8% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	7%	12%

Differences between billing consultant and consultant duties and responsibilities

Billing consultant example responsibilities.

Manage software programs for MSP accounts, monthly billing and EMC file transfers to Medicare.
Register incoming patients, verify demographics as well as insurance verification.
Research and determine the viability of collections on all Medicaid accounts receivables.
Audit EMR system and correct ICD-9 coding errors.
Review EOB's, and apply payments to the patient's accounts, making applicable adjustments.
Contact insurance carrier directly, review eob's, reviewing medical records, denials, write appeals.

Consultant example responsibilities.

Lead IIS tuning to get the maximum through put.
Manage daily data operations and customer support for SaaS web application products in Linux.
Manage several contractors in the development and coding of DB2 interface programs, as well as modification of the package software.
Manage operational incidents and changes to consistently meet SLA compliance
Introduce Jenkins to help automate manual deployments to multiple environments.
Design and code windows service to automate NRA applications email distribution.

Billing consultant vs consultant skills

Common billing consultant skills

Patients, 13%
Medicaid, 10%
Billing Procedures, 8%
Medical Claims, 5%
Patient Accounts, 4%
Medical Billing Software, 3%

Common consultant skills

Customer Service, 10%
Strong Analytical, 7%
Project Management, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
Java, 5%