Health Information Specialist
Part 1
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Duties and Responsibilities:
Health
Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze 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 patents.
There are a
variety of job specialties 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 specialist assign and post correct
diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance
companies.
Health
information specialists work in hospital, insurance companies, physicians’
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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THE RIGHT!!!!!
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