Health
Information Specialist
Part 1
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Health Information
Specialists obtain, post, and analyzes 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 patient.
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 registries for research. Coding specialist
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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