Public health registrar vs emergency room registrar

Differences between public health registrar and emergency room registrar duties and responsibilities

Public health registrar example responsibilities.

• Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPPA and clinic.
• Register patient demographic and insurance information for emergency department, labor & delivery, outpatient surgery, and inpatient admissions.
• Well verse with many of the ICD-9 and upcoming ICD-10 codes billing codes.
• Receive patients, record patient demographic information and verify insurance for emergency department, laboratory, and radiology

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.
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