Emergency room clerk vs admissions clerk

Differences between emergency room clerk and admissions clerk duties and responsibilities

Emergency room clerk example responsibilities.

• Identify managed care requirements and respond to billing inquiries while adhering to HIPPA guidelines.
• Interview patients to obtain biographic, demographic, and financial data for registration purposes and enter information into hospital computer system.
• Train in CPR and negotiating in escalade situations.
• Process insurance information and medical records, using epic.
• Chart organization; labs, transcription, doctor's orders.
• Ensure HIPPA compliance for email, fax, and upload patient documentation.
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Admissions clerk example responsibilities.

• Manage an adjoining veterinary supply shop that sell medications, animal food and pet equipment.
• Register patients via ambulances and lobby registration.
• Utilize ICD-9 and CPT-4 coding in admitting patients and pre-certifications/authorizations for admissions and procedures.
• Interview incoming patients or representatives and enter information require for admission and emergency department registration into the computer.
• Interpret institutes regulations and charges to patients and/or family members, obtaining necessary information and signatures where necessary.
• Maintain communications with physicians' offices and unit secretaries/nursing coordinator to ensure bed placement of direct admissions and in-patient surgery candidates.
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