Emergency room registrar vs patient access representative

The differences between emergency room registrars and patient access representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become an emergency room registrar, becoming a patient access representative takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an emergency room registrar has an average salary of $33,811, which is higher than the $33,603 average annual salary of a patient access representative.

The top three skills for an emergency room registrar include patients, medical terminology and insurance verification. The most important skills for a patient access representative are patients, customer service, and medical terminology.

Emergency room registrar vs patient access representative overview

	Emergency Room Registrar	Patient Access Representative
Yearly salary	$33,811	$33,603
Hourly rate	$16.26	$16.16
Growth rate	-	-4%
Number of jobs	101,528	151,077
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	42	40
Years of experience	2	4

Emergency room registrar vs patient access representative salary

Emergency room registrars and patient access representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Emergency Room Registrar	Patient Access Representative
Average salary	$33,811	$33,603
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $43,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Springfield, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between emergency room registrar and patient access representative education

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

	Emergency Room Registrar	Patient Access Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Emergency room registrar vs patient access representative demographics

Here are the differences between emergency room registrars' and patient access representatives' demographics:

	Emergency Room Registrar	Patient Access Representative
Average age	42	40
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 14.5% Female, 85.5%
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, 12.5% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% Asian, 6.5% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	7%

Differences between emergency room registrar and patient access representative 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.

Patient access representative example responsibilities.

Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPPA and clinic.
Conduct intensive screening of all Medicare, Medicaid and manage care patients for provider service eligibility.
Educate eligible applicants about Medicaid manage care and how to access benefits in a manage care environment.
Run internal reports to ensure ICD 9 and CPT procedure codes are accurate for billing for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
Deliver quality customer service and compassion while obtaining demographic and financial data from patients seeking emergency medical services.
Operate front desk check-in, preparation of charts, receive payments and balance books at the end of the day.

Emergency room registrar vs patient access representative skills

Common emergency room registrar skills

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

Common patient access representative skills

Patients, 20%
Customer Service, 13%
Medical Terminology, 9%
Patient Care, 5%
Patient Registration, 5%
Insurance Verification, 4%

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