Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They insure 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 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 and coding specialists.  Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnoses and procedure codes ti insurance companies. 

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

Average Salary:

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

$23,000-$30,000 (record technicians)

$30,000-40,000 (record administrators)

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