Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health information specialties obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly  recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provide to patients.

There was a variety of job specialties within this field including registered record administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialties. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries  for research, Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure cods to insure companies.

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies physician offices and many other medical settings.

Average Salary : $20,000 - $25,000 (coding specialists)

$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)

$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

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