Also called: Compliance Specialist, Privacy Officer
Makes sure a healthcare organization follows the law, from billing rules to patient privacy.
Audits a sample of bills to check coding is honest, investigates a privacy breach, trains staff on rules, and reports problems to leadership before regulators find them.
Estimate based on BLS compliance officers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in health administration, law, or business; CHC certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Health Administration, Pre-Law, Accounting.
Growing about average. Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI audits can scan every bill instead of a sample; judgment on what's a violation and how to report it stays human.
Classes: Government, Business, English composition.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1041.
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