What should I add to a Health Administration degree in order to make more money/broaden my potential for making more money? Is an MBA a good choice? Any licensing I can tack on to increase my earning potential? Are there other recommendations which will make me more money sooner??? I am open to pretty much any suggestions for this one.
2007-09-17 19:03:01 · 6 answers · asked by Daniel K 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
An MBA will almost duplicate an MHA but without the hospital specialization of the MHA. An MBA is more versatile and has more utility if you're deciding on master's programs now.
Take a look at your Health Administration program and see if there's an area that you particularly enjoyed or that you did exceptionally well in. Consider things like finance, epidemiology, statistics, research, law, whatever it was. Consider getting an MA or MS in that field instead of an MBA. For example, if you found your HA courses in finance to be the most interesting, you will find that holding an MS in Finance in addition to your HA makes you a popular candidate in the HMO world and likely a candidate for a CFO track position.
Much depends upon your experience. If you have little or none then all of the degrees and certifications in the world won't help as much as getting some experience. Spending a year saving the world in one of the 'save the world' programs (Peace Corps etc...) could become a very valuable way of becoming a marketable administrator.
2007-09-17 19:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find an area of health care that you really like enough to want to work in and add some classes in it.....such as .... if psych or psychiatry interest you take some psych classes so you can talk intelligently in a job interview.
take classes in CPT coding - so you can actually work in a billing dept know what the stuff means - then work your way up in hospital or clinic administration.
Get a nursing home administrator license - so you could run a nursing home.
take courses in hospital administration -
If you want to work in quality assurance - a huge area of importance in Medicaid and Medicare - take some courses in how to investigate fraud (without being police) - doing audits, etc.
take classes in how to file taxes for health care organizations - do that type of specialization...
hope these ideas give you something to consider -
2007-09-18 03:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by barb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a second language. In any medical field, being able to communicate with your patient is a very important aspect. Whether you are explaining their bill or how to take their medications, it is very important they are able to understand you. I work in the medical field and I am fluent in American Sign Language. It has really helped a lot. I live in the same town that the state's school for the deaf & blind is located, so it has been very beneficial to the places I have worked, as well as the patients I have been able to help. All my deaf patients would go back and tell their friends to go to our clinic because 'they have a nurse who signs'. Hope this helps!! Good luck!
2007-09-18 02:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by Tina W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MBA in Health Care Management, my wife has hers:
MBA/HCM, try the university of Phoenix, we both did our MBA in about 15 months. it's pays off in the long run
2007-09-18 02:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by BRYAN L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, i think MBA is a good choice.
2007-09-18 04:28:49 · answer #5 · answered by lildude211us 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-18 02:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by AMARENDRA K 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋