Health Information Specialist

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 are a variety of job specialists within this field including registered record technicians, and certified coding specialist. Administrator coordinates the various information management responsibilities and supervises record technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate, reinburstment, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialist assign and post correct   diagnostics and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies.

  Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance, company’s physicians’ offices, and many others medical settings.

Average salary:

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

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

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