HEALTH CLAIMS SPECIALIST

What does a health claims specialist do?

Work in a variety of health care settings: hospital, long term care, doctor’s office, and dentist office, but will have little or no contact with patients.

They can do billing, coding of patient treatments for insurance purposes, medical transcription, manage patient records, computer entry. The Health Claims Specialist can do all these jobs maybe in a small medical practice or specialize in one aspect working in a large hospital

Job Prospects

• Employment is expected to grow much faster than average.
• Work in a variety of work settings with varied hours and part-time employment and home employment an option.
• Starting salary:  $33,000 - $35,000

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