Health Information Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
Health Information Specialists
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 provided to patients.
There are a variety of job specialties
within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record
Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. 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 registiries for
research, Coding Specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure
codes to records and report codes to insurance 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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