Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They make sure that the information is properly recorded into medical records. There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.  Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average 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 need to have a high school diploma or GED certificate. To become certified they have to pass an examination.

Accredited record Specialists must have an Associate’s Degree, from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program.

Record Specialists must have a Bachelor’s Degree in the field and pass an examination.

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I wouldn’t want to be a Health Information Specialist because it isn’t what I want to be when I grow up. It doesn’t seem like an interesting job for me.