Emergency room registrar vs emergency room clerk

The differences between emergency room registrars and emergency room clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an emergency room registrar and an emergency room clerk. Additionally, an emergency room registrar has an average salary of $33,811, which is higher than the $31,262 average annual salary of an emergency room clerk.

The top three skills for an emergency room registrar include patients, medical terminology and insurance verification. The most important skills for an emergency room clerk are patients, medical terminology, and insurance verification.

Emergency room registrar vs emergency room clerk overview

	Emergency Room Registrar	Emergency Room Clerk
Yearly salary	$33,811	$31,262
Hourly rate	$16.26	$15.03
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	101,528	115,456
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 31%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Emergency room registrar vs emergency room clerk salary

Emergency room registrars and emergency room clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Emergency Room Registrar	Emergency Room Clerk
Average salary	$33,811	$31,262
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $43,000	Between $23,000 And $41,000
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Differences between emergency room registrar and emergency room clerk education

There are a few differences between an emergency room registrar and an emergency room clerk in terms of educational background:

	Emergency Room Registrar	Emergency Room Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 31%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Emergency room registrar vs emergency room clerk demographics

Here are the differences between emergency room registrars' and emergency room clerks' demographics:

	Emergency Room Registrar	Emergency Room Clerk
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 13.7% Female, 86.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.7% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.5% White, 53.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between emergency room registrar and emergency room clerk duties and responsibilities

Emergency room registrar example responsibilities.

Manage Medicare, Medicaid environment and third party reimbursements.
Maintain direct involvement in interviewing patients and gathering demographic data and account information, as well as in validating insurance coverage.
Complete paperwork and enter all info into MediTech database.
Handle all patient information according to NYSDOH according to HIPPA compliance.
Register patients for walk-in lab and x-ray utilizing ICD9 and CPT coding.
Maintain data accuracy in MEDITECH to provide quality assurance and financial process in order to have prompt collections.

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.

Emergency room registrar vs emergency room clerk skills

Common emergency room registrar skills

Patients, 43%
Medical Terminology, 5%
Insurance Verification, 5%
Customer Service, 4%
Patient Care, 4%
Data Entry, 3%

Common emergency room clerk skills

Patients, 43%
Medical Terminology, 6%
Insurance Verification, 4%
Triage, 4%
Patient Care, 4%
Patient Charts, 3%

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