Health
Information Specialists
Part 1
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
patients.
There are a
variety of job specialists 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 specialty 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 settings.
Average Salary:
$20,000 -
$25,000(Coding Specialists)
$23,000 -
$30,000(Record Technicians)
$30,000
-$40,000(Record Administrators)
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
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