Health
Information Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
Health
Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance,
and insure 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 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.
Average Salary:
v
$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)
v
$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)
v
$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)
Educational Requirements:
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.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
Question: Would you like to be a Health Information Specialist?
Why or why not?
Answer: No, I would not like to be a Health Information
Specialist, for the simple fact that this profession does not interest me.
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