Tumor registrar vs emergency room registrar

The differences between tumor registrars and emergency room registrars can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a tumor registrar, becoming an emergency room registrar takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a tumor registrar has an average salary of $57,112, which is higher than the $33,811 average annual salary of an emergency room registrar.

The top three skills for a tumor registrar include patients, abstracts and medical terminology. The most important skills for an emergency room registrar are patients, medical terminology, and insurance verification.

Tumor registrar vs emergency room registrar overview

	Tumor Registrar	Emergency Room Registrar
Yearly salary	$57,112	$33,811
Hourly rate	$27.46	$16.26
Growth rate	11%	-
Number of jobs	11,463	101,528
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	45	42
Years of experience	12	2

Tumor registrar vs emergency room registrar salary

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

	Tumor Registrar	Emergency Room Registrar
Average salary	$57,112	$33,811
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $81,000	Between $26,000 And $43,000
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Differences between tumor registrar and emergency room registrar education

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

	Tumor Registrar	Emergency Room Registrar
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Health Care Administration	Business
Most common college	Georgetown University	University of Pennsylvania

Tumor registrar vs emergency room registrar demographics

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

	Tumor Registrar	Emergency Room Registrar
Average age	45	42
Gender ratio	Male, 12.1% Female, 87.9%	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 7.7% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	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 tumor registrar and emergency room registrar duties and responsibilities

Tumor registrar example responsibilities.

Use EMR software to manage patient records and files; reinforce and uphold patient confidentiality as required by HIPPA and clinic.
Participate in the cancer program survey by ACoS COC.
Utilize ICD-9-CM, CPT and HCPCS coding systems, and HCC coding.
Train new and inexperience coders on (ICD-9-CM), (CPT) and (HCPCS) code identification.
Experience in CoC accreditation surveys.
Staff onboard training of EHR system.

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.

Tumor registrar vs emergency room registrar skills

Common tumor registrar skills

Patients, 25%
Abstracts, 8%
Medical Terminology, 7%
Registrars, 7%
COC, 5%
Seer, 5%

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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