Health Information Specialist                            

Part 1

Duties and Responsibilities:          

Health information Specialist obtains, posts, and analyzes 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 patients.

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 and report codes to insurance companies.                    

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physicians’ offices, and many other medical settings.                     

Average salary:                               

$20, 000 - $25,000 (coding specialist)                      

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

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

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