Emergency room registrar vs hospital admissions clerk

The differences between emergency room registrars and hospital admissions 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 a hospital admissions clerk. Additionally, an emergency room registrar has an average salary of $33,811, which is higher than the $30,864 average annual salary of a hospital admissions clerk.

The top three skills for an emergency room registrar include patients, medical terminology and insurance verification. The most important skills for a hospital admissions clerk are patients, office equipment, and data entry.

Emergency room registrar vs hospital admissions clerk overview

	Emergency Room Registrar	Hospital Admissions Clerk
Yearly salary	$33,811	$30,864
Hourly rate	$16.26	$14.84
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	101,528	126,783
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Average age	42	47
Years of experience	2	2

Emergency room registrar vs hospital admissions clerk salary

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

	Emergency Room Registrar	Hospital Admissions Clerk
Average salary	$33,811	$30,864
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $43,000	Between $24,000 And $38,000
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Differences between emergency room registrar and hospital admissions clerk education

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

	Emergency Room Registrar	Hospital Admissions Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Emergency room registrar vs hospital admissions clerk demographics

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

	Emergency Room Registrar	Hospital Admissions Clerk
Average age	42	47
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 20.7% Female, 79.3%
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, 10.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 10.2% White, 54.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between emergency room registrar and hospital admissions 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.

Hospital admissions clerk example responsibilities.

Manage front office check-in, insurance verification and certifications from doctors.
Register patients upon entry of the emergency room while collecting personal medical and insurance information.
Process surgery schedules for billing.
Assist nurses and doctors with paging other personnel and teams (stroke, trauma, radiology, etc).
Check insurance eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid.
Administer registration of patients and pass on information to require hospital departments.

Emergency room registrar vs hospital admissions 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 hospital admissions clerk skills

Patients, 31%
Office Equipment, 8%
Data Entry, 5%
Phone Calls, 5%
Computer System, 5%
Conference Room, 4%

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