Health Information
Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Health Information Specialists
obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance
data. They make sure 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 specialists. Record
technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement,
and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists 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 many
other medical settings.
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 $20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists) $23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians) $30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators) |
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Educational Requirements:
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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 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.
No I would not like to have this
job because I personally do not like to work with health it just is not my
type of field.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
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