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 property recorded into medicine 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 administrators. Accredited Record Administrators record Technicians, and certified coding Specialists. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnose and procedures 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.

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