Health information specialist

                                                 Health information specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health information Specialist obtains, post, 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 is a variety of jobs specialist within this field including registered record administrators, accredited record technicians, and certified coding specialist administrators coordinate the various information 

management’s responsibilities and coding specialist record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate, reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialist assign and post correct diagnoses and procedure codes to record and report codes to insurance companies.

Average Salary:

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

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

$30,000- $40,000 (record administration)