Friday, September 20, 2013

Health Information Specialist
Part 1
Duti3s and Responsibilities:
Health information specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, fiancé, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practioners 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 diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies.

Health information specialists work in hospitals,   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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