Health Administration

 Human resources managers

 In healthcare, the basic concepts of human resource management include supervising employees who work at different departments and ensuring the provision of training and education needs. Human resources managers focus on achieving organizational goals by employing strategies and activities. These strategies and activities are designed to ensure that employees who are the human resources- have the needed skill level and satisfaction for them to increase performance and the level of productivity (Niles, 2013).Thus, it is the role of the human resource manager to coordinate with the organization management to set strategic planning and engage in various roles. In the healthcare industry, the human resources manager provides employees with legal and ethical principles. Since the healthcare industry has many difficult situations, the human resource manager should state the ethical behaviors that both the healthcare provider and the patient should follow. In addition, the human resources manager should provide the employees with ethics and training where they will not only learn about ethics but also the employment-related legislation or laws that are passed by the federal and State (Niles, 2013). The human resource manager should also create a healthy work environment and provide training and education so that healthcare providers can understand the health and safety standards. Human resources manager is also responsible for job analysis and design, recruitment, selection, providing the employees with employees' benefits and motivating the workers so that they can provide the highest quality care (Niles, 2013). The human resource manager also needs to create programs for employee development to help employees improve performance.

 Social and community service managers

 Social and community service manager is one of the jobs I'm interested in. In the healthcare industry, this role consists of creating community initiatives with an aim of providing the community with social services and meet the public health needs (Niles, 2013). While in the health care field, I have done research and found that community is suffering from health issues such as cancers and diabetes which are caused by lack of activity and poor nutrition. The latter has also resulted in overnight and obesity and as a result, many people are suffering from respiratory problems, osteoarthritis, heart diseases and more. Tobacco, substance abuse and HIV-AIDS are also health issues which are causing premature death in many communities.  Thus, the role of social and community service manager is to come up with a social service program designed to provide the public with social services. The manager does not work alone but rather he works with the community members and other stakeholders to identify the problem, the resources needed as well the best programs (Niles, 2013). In some cases, the manager may focus on a particular group such as older adults, people with mental problems, people who lack employment, homeless and more. The manager focuses on creating effective programs and services to help the target audiences with resources. They may also engage in recruiting new staffs, supervising programs, manage budgets and raise funds.

 

 Practice managers

            Given that there are many jobs that someone can work with a degree in health administration, the practice manager is one of the jobs I like. Today, the healthcare industry has a variety of healthcare practices which demand multidisciplinary care models. These many roles require the practice manager to run the multidisciplinary practices among other functions such as technology management and risk management. The health care industry is facing an increasing complexity and changes such as rising costs, new consumer expectations, technological change, need for quality assurance and more (Keagy & Thomas, 2004).These changing are impacting the healthcare and to avoid negative impacts, it is the role of the practice manager to ensure an effective management and best practices. In specific, practice manager acts as a change agent and play significant roles such as the implementation of processes, setting strategic planning, anticipate change, driving changes through creating staff cultures, offering training, changing systems and planning for risk management (Keagy & Thomas, 2004).  .

 Health insurance specialist 

Today, the healthcare industry accept the filling of a health insurance claim. Health insurance specialist plays a significant role in reviewing the health-related claims and patient record documentation to view the diagnoses and services offered. The purpose of this role is to provide the patient's with insurance treatment plan so that the insurance can provide the benefits. This role also helps in improving care delivery and ensuring effective practices (Green, 2012).  Another role that the practice manager play entails researching the insurance rules and regulations and ensuring that the insurance companies adhere to the rules. After reviewing the health-related claims, the manager posts charges to both patients and office accounts.

 

 

 

References

 

Niles, N. J. (2013). Basic concepts of health care human resource management. Burlington, Mass: Jones

& Bartlett Learning.

 Keagy, B. A., & Thomas, M. S. (2004). Essentials of Physician Practice Management. New York, NY: John

Wiley & Sons.

 Green A. Michelle. (2012). Understanding Health Insurance. Cengage Learning