Reviewer vs admitting clerk

The differences between reviewers and admitting clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a reviewer and an admitting clerk. Additionally, a reviewer has an average salary of $48,691, which is higher than the $31,833 average annual salary of an admitting clerk.

The top three skills for a reviewer include patients, healthcare and home health. The most important skills for an admitting clerk are patients, customer service, and medical terminology.

Reviewer vs admitting clerk overview

	Reviewer	Admitting Clerk
Yearly salary	$48,691	$31,833
Hourly rate	$23.41	$15.30
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	2,286	106,698
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Associate Degree, 29%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

What does a reviewer do?

A reviewer specializes in providing constructive and insightful feedback over forms of literature, goods, or services. Moreover, a reviewer is primarily responsible for examining and understanding all aspects of a product, remaining professional and unbiased, relaying areas needing improvement, and suggesting ways to make the product better. A reviewer may work in a company while under the supervision of a manager; one may also work as an independent entity, which will require building a platform from scratch and producing necessary marketing materials such as videos and photos.

What does an admitting clerk do?

The job of an admitting clerk is to register and admit patients to a hospital. Admitting clerks interview patients in getting the necessary financial and medical information for the admission. They verify the insurance of patients and make sure that their registration forms are accurately signed. Usually, they work on the medical profession and hospital front lines. They welcome and face customers and need to understand medicine. Also, they are expected to manage doctors, nurses, patients, and hospital policies.

Reviewer vs admitting clerk salary

Reviewers and admitting clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Reviewer	Admitting Clerk
Average salary	$48,691	$31,833
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $71,000	Between $24,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	-
Highest paying state	Oregon	-
Best paying company	Apple	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between reviewer and admitting clerk education

There are a few differences between a reviewer and an admitting clerk in terms of educational background:

	Reviewer	Admitting Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Associate Degree, 29%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Reviewer vs admitting clerk demographics

Here are the differences between reviewers' and admitting clerks' demographics:

	Reviewer	Admitting Clerk
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 36.6% Female, 63.4%	Male, 9.3% Female, 90.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.4% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% Asian, 5.2% White, 55.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% Asian, 4.5% White, 53.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between reviewer and admitting clerk duties and responsibilities

Reviewer example responsibilities.

Manage afive person team responsible for covering scope, assigning, analysis and then final review ofInvestigation ROI.
Review HUD-1, GFE, TIL and disclosures with the requirements of RESPA and TILA.
Work as a team member, reviewing and compiling GC and HPLC data.
Confirm federal, VA and state compliances, also maintain CRA, HMDA and RESPA compliance records.
Review documents to evaluate and assign dollar values to claims resulting from the 2010 BP oil spill.
Review contemporary fiction and non-fiction base on story, pace, characters, ending, and layout.

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Admitting clerk example responsibilities.

Manage confidential patient information according to HIPPA guidelines.
Assist patients with benefit verification, including Medicare and Medicaid.
Perform online verification of Medicaid and Medicare admissions to insure eligibility.
Schedule patients for special procedures and radiology exams, obtain prior authorizations and referrals.
Release medical records upon request and maintain confidentiality of patients information under HIPPA law.
Process paperwork for various departments including insurance, surgery, radiology, laboratory and the emergency room.

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Reviewer vs admitting clerk skills

Common reviewer skills

Patients, 13%
Healthcare, 10%
Home Health, 8%
Customer Service, 7%
Excellent Time Management, 7%
CMS, 5%

Common admitting clerk skills

Patients, 40%
Customer Service, 10%
Medical Terminology, 5%
Data Entry, 5%
Computer System, 3%
Phone Calls, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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