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What Does a Healthcare Administrator Do?

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March 9, 2021

  • Practice administrator.
  • Clinical IT application support.
  • Managed care specialist.
  • Medical and health services manager.
  • Managed care director.
  • Hospital HR manager.
  • Improving the quality of healthcare service delivery.
  • Understanding healthcare policy, laws, and regulations, and interpreting and strategizing for how changes to them will impact their organization.
  • Reviewing financial budgets and managing operational costs, determining how to retain profitability without sacrificing quality of care.
  • Organizing healthcare facility records, and maintaining confidentiality, security, and accessibility.
  • Management, supervision, and decision-making.
  • Policy and communication.
  • Project management.
  • Strategic planning, operations, and finance.
  • Quality assurance.
  • Risk management.
  • Insurance.
  • Ethical, legal, and regulatory issues.
  • Other practices essential to managing in a healthcare environment.
  • Evaluating existing healthcare management industry and organizational practices.
  • Critiquing areas of healthcare finance, policy, and operations management, including understanding and being able to overcome ethical, and strategic dilemmas.
  • Analyzing the impact of population health, information systems and technology trends on patient outcomes.
  • Leading teams of healthcare professionals who will rely on you to make difficult, but incredibly important decisions while carefully considering organizational goals and values.
  • Practice administrator.
  • Clinical IT application support.
  • Medical staff credentialing analyst.
  • Managed care specialist.
  • Program manager.
  • Hospital HR generalist.
  • Medical and health services manager.
  • Administrative services manager.
  • General and operations manager.
  • Practice administrator.
  • Medical staff credentialing analyst.
  • Managed care director.
  • Program manager.
  • Hospital HR manager.
  • For our B.S. in Healthcare Administration: A #2 ranking for Best Online Bachelor’s in Healthcare Management from Online Schools Center.
  • For our M.S. in Healthcare Administration: A #4 ranking for Top Online Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Best Master Programs.
  • A #1 ranking for Best Online Colleges & Schools in Colorado from Best Accredited Colleges.
  • A #1 ranking for Best Online Colleges in Colorado from Best Colleges.
  • A #10 ranking for Best Online Colleges for ROI from OnlineU.