Health Information
Specialist
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 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.
Average
Salary(yearly): $20,000 - $25,000
(Coding Specialists)
$23,000 -
$30,000 (Record Technicians)
$30,000 -
$40,000 (Record Administrators)
Educational
Requirements:
Student should take courses in
business, information management, science, math, and English during high
school.
Coding Specialists must have a high
school diploma or GED. You are usually trained on-site, but classes are offered
at technical schools and junior colleges. To be certified you must pass an
exam.
Accredited record technicians must
earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or a certified
American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program.
Record Administrators must have a
bachelor’s degree program completed in their field and pass an exam for
certification.
I do not believe that would like to be a Health Information Specialist because I don't enjoy this type of work in the medical field.
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