Claims collector vs collector

The differences between claims collectors and collectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a claims collector and a collector. Additionally, a claims collector has an average salary of $36,591, which is higher than the $34,872 average annual salary of a collector.

The top three skills for a claims collector include patients, appeals and medicaid. The most important skills for a collector are patients, customer service, and payment arrangements.

Claims collector vs collector overview

	Claims Collector	Collector
Yearly salary	$36,591	$34,872
Hourly rate	$17.59	$16.77
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	19,142	23,948
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 31%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	12	12

Claims collector vs collector salary

Claims collectors and collectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Claims Collector	Collector
Average salary	$36,591	$34,872
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $43,000	Between $27,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Los Angeles, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Uline
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between claims collector and collector education

There are a few differences between a claims collector and a collector in terms of educational background:

	Claims Collector	Collector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 31%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Claims collector vs collector demographics

Here are the differences between claims collectors' and collectors' demographics:

	Claims Collector	Collector
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 15.8% Female, 84.2%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.1% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 3.5% White, 58.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.1% Asian, 3.8% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between claims collector and collector duties and responsibilities

Claims collector example responsibilities.

Monitor all assign accounts by reviewing the client's aging, manage all potential bad debit, DSO, aging.
Operate under HIPPA guidelines for all collection activities.
Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to HIPPA policies.
Maintain high- standards of confidentiality per HIPAA guidelines.
Review and resubmits denials from Medicaid, Medicare and private health insurance.
Research and resolve denials and EOB rejections within standard billing cycle timeframe.

Collector example responsibilities.

Manage patient focuse reports, collection modules, provider/facility A/R, collections, patient discharge letters.
Monitor all assign accounts by reviewing the client's aging, manage all potential bad debit, DSO, aging.
Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Provide customer service via telephone and correspondence for patients and authorize representatives regarding outstanding patient accounts in accordance with facility protocol.
Verify and run eligibility on the following insurance, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal HMO, Medicare, Medicare HMO.
Provide excellent customer service while following HIPPA confidentiality laws.

Claims collector vs collector skills

Common claims collector skills

Patients, 27%
Appeals, 11%
Medicaid, 10%
Medical Insurance Claims, 8%
EOB, 6%
Outbound Calls, 5%

Common collector skills

Patients, 14%
Customer Service, 10%
Payment Arrangements, 10%
Excellent Interpersonal, 9%
Delinquent Accounts, 8%
Student Loans, 5%