Also called: Hospital President, Health System CEO
Leads an entire hospital or health system: strategy, finances, quality, and thousands of employees.
Meets with the board about building a new tower, negotiates with insurance companies, visits the ER to hear from nurses, and makes the final call on cutting or expanding services. Huge responsibility, huge pay.
Estimate; varies enormously from small rural hospitals to large systems paying millions.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in health administration (MHA) or MBA plus 15-20 years of leadership experience; some are physicians.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Health Administration, Business Administration, Public Health.
Growing about average. Few positions; long climb.
Low risk for 10 years. AI sharpens forecasts and reports; strategy, negotiation, and being accountable for a whole hospital stay human.
Classes: Business, Economics, Speech and debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1011.
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