Health Information Specialist Part 1

Health Information Specialist Part 1

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Duties and Responsibilities:

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

There are a variety of job specialists 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 ensure medical records are accurate coordinate, reimbursement, and maintain diseases registries 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, physic 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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