Registration clerk vs emergency room registrar

The differences between registration clerks and emergency room registrars can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a registration clerk and an emergency room registrar. Additionally, an emergency room registrar has an average salary of $33,811, which is higher than the $30,061 average annual salary of a registration clerk.

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

Registration clerk vs emergency room registrar overview

	Registration Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Yearly salary	$30,061	$33,811
Hourly rate	$14.45	$16.26
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	123,390	101,528
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 28%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Registration clerk vs emergency room registrar salary

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

	Registration Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Average salary	$30,061	$33,811
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $39,000	Between $26,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	Hancock Wellness	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between registration clerk and emergency room registrar education

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

	Registration Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 28%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Registration clerk vs emergency room registrar demographics

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

	Registration Clerk	Emergency Room Registrar
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 11.8% Female, 88.2%	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.4% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.7% Asian, 4.4% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	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%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between registration clerk and emergency room registrar duties and responsibilities

Registration clerk example responsibilities.

Use EMR software to manage patient records and files, reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPAA and clinic.
Perform EKG for cardiac patients.
Verify eligibility for Medicaid patients register through insurance websites.
Conduct initial intake interview and register patients for hospital procedures and day surgery.
Register patients, including radiology inpatient and outpatient for medical services accordance of insurance guidelines.
Procure past EKG and additional information as per physicians request from ALTHA.

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 clerk vs emergency room registrar skills

Common registration clerk skills

Patients, 40%
Medical Terminology, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
Patient Registration, 3%
Computer System, 3%
Insurance Verification, 3%

Common emergency room registrar skills

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

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