Biosolids management technician vs reimbursement specialist

The differences between biosolids management technicians and reimbursement specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a biosolids management technician and a reimbursement specialist. Additionally, a biosolids management technician has an average salary of $49,010, which is higher than the $38,273 average annual salary of a reimbursement specialist.

The top three skills for a biosolids management technician include windows, SQL and phone calls. The most important skills for a reimbursement specialist are patients, customer service, and appeals.

Biosolids management technician vs reimbursement specialist overview

	Biosolids Management Technician	Reimbursement Specialist
Yearly salary	$49,010	$38,273
Hourly rate	$23.56	$18.40
Growth rate	-7%	11%
Number of jobs	81,058	32,292
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	47	45
Years of experience	12	12

Biosolids management technician vs reimbursement specialist salary

Biosolids management technicians and reimbursement specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Biosolids Management Technician	Reimbursement Specialist
Average salary	$49,010	$38,273
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $100,000	Between $29,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	Jersey City, NJ	Lynchburg, VA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Virginia
Best paying company	BNY Mellon	Novartis
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between biosolids management technician and reimbursement specialist education

There are a few differences between a biosolids management technician and a reimbursement specialist in terms of educational background:

	Biosolids Management Technician	Reimbursement Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Biosolids management technician vs reimbursement specialist demographics

Here are the differences between biosolids management technicians' and reimbursement specialists' demographics:

	Biosolids Management Technician	Reimbursement Specialist
Average age	47	45
Gender ratio	Male, 59.6% Female, 40.4%	Male, 15.2% Female, 84.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 1.8% White, 70.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.6%	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 8.1% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	9%

Differences between biosolids management technician and reimbursement specialist duties and responsibilities

Biosolids management technician example responsibilities.

Formulate and endorse operating procedures to achieve optimum support to the logistics program and proper property accountability.
Manage after-hour phone consultations and create referral records for 2.2k patients while ensuring care continuity from civilian medical facilities.
Review, analyze, and interpret many different DOD logistics regulations, instruction, directives and procedures.
Used diagnostic skills to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and peripheral issues.
Perform research and analysis via online access of many DoD portal capabilities.
Integrate out of the box GIS tools using JavaScript libraries to produce maps.

Reimbursement specialist example responsibilities.

Manage the EDI clearinghouse rejections.
Process department payroll, order supplies, and manage petty-cash funds.
Manage use of various systems, such as MEDITECH, Cerner, WebNow, and yield-base follow-up tool.
Manage cases by aggressively directing the litigation process.
Negotiate fee structure for manage care contracts on acute and rehabilitation facilities.
Research medical coding ICD-9, ICD-10, HCPCS and CPT-4 to let client know the outcome of medical claim.

Biosolids management technician vs reimbursement specialist skills

Common biosolids management technician skills

Windows, 15%
SQL, 11%
Phone Calls, 11%
Technical Support, 8%
Data Entry Functions, 6%
Linux, 6%

Common reimbursement specialist skills

Patients, 20%
Customer Service, 9%
Appeals, 6%
CPT, 5%
Medicare, 4%
Medicaid, 4%

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