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Health Care Administrator & Long Term Care MPA?
Asked by EKS
Currently, I teach English at the college level. I have both a BA and an MA in English. I would like to make a career change and get involved with the health care field. As of now, I am considering pursuing a Master's of Public Administration in either Health Care Management or Long Term Administration with a Nursing Home Administrator license. Questions: (1) Which specialization will have better job opportunities? I am having difficulty finding this as most job outlook sites, including the BLS, include both in the same category. (2) What kind of jobs can I expect to get with my background in addition to the 1-year internship that I am required to do? Thanks!
Asked by EKS
Currently, I teach English at the college level. I have both a BA and an MA in English. I would like to make a career change and get involved with the health care field. As of now, I am considering pursuing a Master's of Public Administration in either Health Care Management or Long Term Administration with a Nursing Home Administrator license. Questions: (1) Which specialization will have better job opportunities? I am having difficulty finding this as most job outlook sites, including the BLS, include both in the same category. (2) What kind of jobs can I expect to get with my background in addition to the 1-year internship that I am required to do? Thanks!
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Right now the health care field is shrinking due in large part to state government deficits, low lever federal subsidy, and commerical payer restraints. Hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes are either in a belt tightening mode or will be. Having said that, opportunities will exist for sharpe management that can redesign patient care models, contract effectively with employee unions, and squeeze a decimal or two more out of commercial payer contacts. All this is based on my experience in health care administration over the last 25 years. Most recently, my hospital has reduced 388 employees in December 2008 (about 2/3's RN, but just about from every job class - even senior managemet). My hospital is in a top 20 metropolitan area within the U.S., we are also now looking at implementing a second wave of between 150 to 200. I belive health care administration can be a very rewarding job (it is however, more about what the person draws from it and not really about money). If you like to work hard, help people, and have a pretty thick skin go get into the field. Good luck and I hope you find what your looking for.
Real world hospital administration experience
Answered by blueiron511
Right now the health care field is shrinking due in large part to state government deficits, low lever federal subsidy, and commerical payer restraints. Hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes are either in a belt tightening mode or will be. Having said that, opportunities will exist for sharpe management that can redesign patient care models, contract effectively with employee unions, and squeeze a decimal or two more out of commercial payer contacts. All this is based on my experience in health care administration over the last 25 years. Most recently, my hospital has reduced 388 employees in December 2008 (about 2/3's RN, but just about from every job class - even senior managemet). My hospital is in a top 20 metropolitan area within the U.S., we are also now looking at implementing a second wave of between 150 to 200. I belive health care administration can be a very rewarding job (it is however, more about what the person draws from it and not really about money). If you like to work hard, help people, and have a pretty thick skin go get into the field. Good luck and I hope you find what your looking for.
Real world hospital administration experience
Answered by blueiron511
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Answered by MA GHAFFAR_SAP BASIS ADMIn
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