Health Care Administration
Associate Degree
Health Care Careers
Career Outlook
The U.S. Dept. of Labor reports that nearly 300,000 people hold medical and health services management positions. This number is expected to grow by more than 16% through 2018. Managers in all health care careers will be needed to improve the quality and efficiency of health care while controlling costs. And they will need to comply with higher accountability standards set by insurance companies. The high demand for health care administration careers means a generous median salary of $84,270 for those with the right skills, experience and education.
Who is Hiring?
Health care careers are becoming increasingly important as the medical community prepares for health care reform. And with the aging of the U.S. population, health care providers will become increasingly busy as they ramp up services to meet rising demand.
Here are the median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of medical and health services administrators...
- General medical and surgical hospitals $87,040
- Outpatient care centers $74,130
- Offices of physicians $74,060
- Home health care services $71,450
- Nursing care facilities $71,190
What you might do as a health care administrator...
- Recruit, hire and train medical office staff
- Improve medical office efficiency
- Manage patient relationships
- Prepare safety procedures
- Develop marketing strategies for health care services
- Administer insurance claim processing
- Develop effective public relations
- Utilize patient data for accessibility
- Implement organizational change in response to health care legislation
Ready to get started on your Health Care Administration degree? Enroll online or call 1-800-957-5412 to speak with an Admissions Advisor.
