Health information specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health information specialist obtain, post and analyze medical, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded to patients.

There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record Administrator, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding specialists Administrator coordinate the carious 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, physician offices, and many other medical setting

Average salary:

$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialist)

$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)

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

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