Health Information Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities

Health information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data 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 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, clinics ,insurance companies, physicians offices, and many other medical  conditions.

Average salary: $25,000-$35,000

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