Health information specialist

Specialists and provide the following about the health information specialist.

Duties and responsibilities: health information specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insure data. They insure 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 specialties 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 specialist. 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 specialist work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

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

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

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

Education: students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at the 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  must complete a bachelor’s degree program In the field and pass a certification examination.

Answer: do you think you would like to be a health information specialist? Why? Why not?

I would like to be a health administrator because they do get paid a lot. And I would love to have the money for myself and family.