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 information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.

 There are a variety of jobs specialists within this field including Registered Record Administrator, Accredited 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 disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insure companies.

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

Average Salary:

$20,000- $25,000(Coding Specialists)

$25,000- $30,000(Record Technician)

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

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