Health 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 provided to patients. There are a variety of job specialties within this field including registered record 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 the post correct diagnosis and procedures codes to records and report codes to insurance companies. Health information specialists work in hospitals clinics, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average salary: $20,000- $25,000(coding specialist)

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

                         

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