Health Information Specialists

Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

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

There are a variety of job specialist within this field including Registered Records Administrators, Accredited Records Technicians, and certified Coding Specialists. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record Technicians and coding Specialists. Records technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnose and procedure code to insurance companies.

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

Average Salary:

$20,000-$250,000(Coding Specialist)

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

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

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