Emergency room registrar vs registration coordinator

The differences between emergency room registrars and registration coordinators 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 registration coordinator. Additionally, a registration coordinator has an average salary of $39,641, which is higher than the $33,811 average annual salary of an emergency room registrar.

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

Emergency room registrar vs registration coordinator overview

	Emergency Room Registrar	Registration Coordinator
Yearly salary	$33,811	$39,641
Hourly rate	$16.26	$19.06
Growth rate	-	-8%
Number of jobs	101,528	70,846
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	42	49
Years of experience	2	2

Emergency room registrar vs registration coordinator salary

Emergency room registrars and registration coordinators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Emergency Room Registrar	Registration Coordinator
Average salary	$33,811	$39,641
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $43,000	Between $28,000 And $54,000
Highest paying City	-	-
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Differences between emergency room registrar and registration coordinator education

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

	Emergency Room Registrar	Registration Coordinator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	-

Emergency room registrar vs registration coordinator demographics

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

	Emergency Room Registrar	Registration Coordinator
Average age	42	49
Gender ratio	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%	Male, 18.9% Female, 81.1%
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, 9.6% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 3.8% White, 70.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between emergency room registrar and registration coordinator 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.

Registration coordinator example responsibilities.

Complete follow up calls to patients about their office visits and schedule surgery dates and times.
Provide Commercial/private health plans, Medicare and Medicaid metrics and data collection.
Call each patient day before surgery or procedure and give them their Pre-Op instructions and arrival time.
Complete Medicaid application for clients without insurance.
Communicate effectively with patients, physicians, insurance companies, case management and all hospital departments.
Provide follow-ups when necessary for patients regarding their insurance coverage status as it relates to clinical visits and/or medication prescriptions.

Emergency room registrar vs registration coordinator skills

Common emergency room registrar skills

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

Common registration coordinator skills

Patients, 28%
Customer Service, 20%
Patient Registration, 8%
PowerPoint, 4%
Medical Terminology, 4%
Patient Demographics, 4%

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