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

Salary:

$64,821/yr.

Education:

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.