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.
REFLECTION
I would not like to be a healthcare administrator because it
seems as if they do more work than average doctors and get a smaller salary
than them.
