Thursday, September 19, 2013

                  Health Information Specialist
                                     Part 1
Duties and Responsibilities:
Health information specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They insure 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 specialists within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. Administrators coordinated 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 diagnose 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 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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