Senior patient account representative vs assistant account executive

The differences between senior patient account representatives and assistant account executives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a senior patient account representative, becoming an assistant account executive takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior patient account representative has an average salary of $57,603, which is higher than the $50,053 average annual salary of an assistant account executive.

The top three skills for a senior patient account representative include patients, CPT and data entry. The most important skills for an assistant account executive are customer service, press releases, and account management.

Senior patient account representative vs assistant account executive overview

	Senior Patient Account Representative	Assistant Account Executive
Yearly salary	$57,603	$50,053
Hourly rate	$27.69	$24.06
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	126,399	101,151
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Average age	46	49
Years of experience	12	4

What does a senior patient account representative do?

A senior patient account representative typically works at a hospital, clinic, or other medical facility. They handle matters concerning medical insurance claims and patient billing. Their duties include collecting and processing payments, arranging billing and payment plans, coordinating with insurance providers, verifying patient information, and maintaining accurate records. They also directly assist patients by answering inquiries, explaining payment arrangements and other details, keeping an open communication line with patients and insurance providers, and settling refunds. They also supervise junior patient account representatives.

What does an assistant account executive do?

An assistant account executive is responsible for managing customer accounts, under the supervision of an account executive. Assistant account executives develop processes and techniques to execute projects based on clients' specifications. They assist account executives with clients' presentations for project updates and status reports. They also manage client requests to increase brand awareness, including maximizing sales strategies and resources and advertising promotions within the budget goals. They must have excellent communication and critical-thinking skills, especially when managing the clients' expectations and marketing the clients' brands to all available platforms for customers' recognition.

Senior patient account representative vs assistant account executive salary

Senior patient account representatives and assistant account executives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Patient Account Representative	Assistant Account Executive
Average salary	$57,603	$50,053
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $101,000	Between $37,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Turner Construction
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between senior patient account representative and assistant account executive education

There are a few differences between a senior patient account representative and an assistant account executive in terms of educational background:

	Senior Patient Account Representative	Assistant Account Executive
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Most common major	Business	Accounting
Most common college	-	-

Senior patient account representative vs assistant account executive demographics

Here are the differences between senior patient account representatives' and assistant account executives' demographics:

	Senior Patient Account Representative	Assistant Account Executive
Average age	46	49
Gender ratio	Male, 11.6% Female, 88.4%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 3.6% White, 59.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	8%	10%

Differences between senior patient account representative and assistant account executive duties and responsibilities

Senior patient account representative example responsibilities.

Manage Facebook and patient communication programs.
Review physician's documentation to ensure correct CPT codes and ICD-9 codes are billed correctly for services render.
Use online referral system to obtain authorization for treatment for a specialist office using ICD-9 and CPT codes.
Train new staff in billing and follow-up of Medicaid HMO plans including both the hospital and electronic billing system.
Provide reports and information to various clients; comply with HIPAA regulations.
Input ICD-9 codes and HCPC to help with calculating cost for each patient.

Assistant account executive example responsibilities.

Manage Facebook community during crisis that receive national attention.
Create Facebook paid ads with keywords and key demographics.
Create and present informative Microsoft PowerPoint presentations on regional advertising efforts for clients.
Create, research and prepare PowerPoint presentations given by agency partners at national conferences.
Secure a promotion within one year by assuming journal entry and basic reconciliations responsibilities in addition to already performing AP functions.
Collaborate on monthly website, display, organic and SEM performance reports.

Senior patient account representative vs assistant account executive skills

Common senior patient account representative skills

Patients, 20%
CPT, 9%
Data Entry, 8%
Medical Terminology, 6%
Medicaid, 6%
Appeals, 5%

Common assistant account executive skills

Customer Service, 11%
Press Releases, 8%
Account Management, 7%
PowerPoint, 6%
Account Executives, 5%
Journal Entries, 4%

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