Heath information specialist

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Duties and responsibilities:

Health information specialist obtains, 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 provide to patients.

There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record Administration, Accredited Record Technicians, and certified Coding Specialist. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialist. 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 repost codes to insurance companies.

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

Average salary:

$20,000-$25,000(coding specialist)

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

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

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