Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

They work to obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, and finance, and insurance data.  Health information specialists have to ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records that way practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. There are many job specialties within this field which include registered record administrators, which manage the management of the information, accredited record technicians, which ensure medical information is accurate, and certified coding specialists which assign and correct diagnosis.

Average Salary:

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

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

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

Education:

  To become a coding specialist you must have either a high school diploma or a GED. Usually training is provided on the job. To become certified you must go through an examination.  Accredited record technicians must have an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program and afterwards they must pass an examination. To become a record administrator you must complete a bachelor’s degree in the field and pass an examination.

Health information specialist

Duties and responsibilities:

 Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings. 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 many job specialties in the field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists

Average Salary:   

$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists) 

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

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

Education:

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges.  To become certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate's degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program.  Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor's degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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Education requirement:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialist must have high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialist must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American health information management association independent study program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

 Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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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 jobs specialties within this field including Register Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.

Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise records technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and  report codes to record 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(Recording Specialists)

$$23.000-$30.000(Record Technicians)

$30.000-$40.000(Record  Administrators)

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