Friday, September 20, 2013

Health Information Specialist Part 1

                                                Health Information Specialist
                                                                                 Part 1
Duties and Responsibilities:
Health Information Specialist 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 provide ton patients.
There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record
Administrators,  Accredited  Record Technicians,  and Certified Coding Specialist. 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 specialist 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 may other medical setting.
Average Salary
$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialist)
$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)
$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

                  CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

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