Also called: Patient Registrar, Admissions Clerk
Registers patients, verifies insurance, and collects information when they arrive at the hospital.
Sits at the ER registration desk at night, gets a patient's insurance card and ID, explains costs, and makes sure the right patient gets the right wristband.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly. Self check-in kiosks and apps reducing some roles.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Online check-in and automatic insurance checks replace much desk work; a person still helps in the ER at night, but with fewer jobs.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to hospital registration or patient access jobs
Classes: Spanish, Computer applications, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-4111.
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