Healthcare Administrator
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Medical services
managers or health care executives, health care administrators manage the
administrative tasks of hospitals, medical laboratories, physician practices
and other health care facilities. In small offices, they may be the only
administrators answering phones, filing patient records, issuing and paying
bills, and processing insurance claims. Larger facilities may have enough work
to assign a single task to inexperienced administrators. For example, an
administrator may only handle processing patient payments. In addition, new
workers may only perform tasks while under the supervision of more experienced
staff. Administrators with experience not only
work independently but can initiate projects. They also manage subordinate
administrative staff. They hire, train, and monitor clerks and secretaries,
assign schedules and tasks, and develop goals as well as strategies for
reaching those goals. They consult with department heads and medical staff on
their administrative needs, takes care of maintaining and repairing their
physical facilities, and represent their organizations at investor meetings or
governing boards. They also handle finances, such as creating budgets,
calculating and issuing patient bills, and negotiating insurance claims
$64,821/yr.
To be a Healthcare administrator you’ll need a degree. The higher
the degree levels the more the pay.
I would like to be this because you just need a degree