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Remote Health Information Specialist jobs

7 open positions in the United States, newest first.

Health information specialists manage patient medical records and the data in them. They make sure records are complete, accurate, correctly coded or indexed and released only to people entitled to see them. The work supports billing, legal requests, continuity of care and compliance with privacy law, and takes place in hospitals, clinics, insurers and release-of-information vendors.

About the Health Information Specialist role

What the work looks like

  • Process requests for medical records from patients, attorneys, insurers and other providers, verifying authorization before release.
  • Check charts for missing signatures, reports or documentation and follow up with clinicians.
  • Scan, index and merge documents into the electronic health record and correct duplicate or misfiled records.
  • Assign or verify diagnosis and procedure codes where the role includes coding.
  • Answer questions from patients and requesters about record status, fees and what can be disclosed.

What employers ask for

  • HIPAA privacy and release of information rules
  • Epic, Cerner or other EHR systems
  • Medical terminology and chart structure
  • RHIT credential, often preferred
  • ICD-10 and CPT coding basics
  • Accurate data entry and attention to detail

Doing this job remotely

With records now electronic, request processing, chart review and coding are widely done from home. Employers set strict conditions because the data is protected health information: a private workspace, secured equipment, no public networks, and often productivity and accuracy targets. Roles that involve scanning paper or staffing a records counter remain on site.

Where it comes from and where it leads

People enter with a health information associate degree or certificate, or move over from medical office, billing or registration jobs. Paths lead to medical coder, release-of-information lead, health information supervisor or manager, and privacy or compliance roles.