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Hi I am a graduate student at Saint Xavier University and I will be receiving my certificate in Managed care. I wanted to know what would be a good entry level position in this field and what would be the best company to work for? Also, what are some fields or areas that I can work on to be considered for a position in this field?

I spent years in a management postion, over multiple departments, in acute care hospitals.  I gathered skills in; employee management, team building, operation managment, developing budgets,building strategies to overcome barriers, and developing communications with physicians, empolyess, and venders.  I chose to leave my last ...

Tom,You are correct to look to networking as an effective strategy to help you advance professionally.  However, networking ought to be recognized as having at least as much a strategic (that means long-term in this case) aspect as a tactical (that means immediate in this case) aspect.  One hopes you have been building and maintaining ...

I have been fortunate to gain diverse experience in healthcare for the past 12 years of which 5 have been in a management position with added accountability in support services area. My desire and commitment to improve health care needs of the community have led me to obtain MHA and MBA degrees in HCA. However, recent attempts ...

I have been in the health care field since I was 16. Since that time, my skills and experience in the field include marketing, physician recruitment, administrative support, research, writing and drafting health care legislation (U.S. Congress). The positions that I have held have been in the form of volunteering, paid summer jobs, and ...

Hi,  I graduated with my Masters in Health Services Administration in 2006 and since then have been with the Medical School at a University.  My current job is with the Institutional Review Board and does not allow me to apply what I have learned in school.  In the past two years I have been promoted to the Operations Manager ...

I noticed that ACHE sponsors a Senior Executive and Executive Program to prepare current leaders and those who are already in leadership positions for changes in the industry and an opportunity to  connect with others in moving up to senior leadership positions.  Does ACHE provide similar programs for young careerists who would like ...

I am interested in obtaining any opinions, and advice, on employment in the healthcare field. As a general introduction, I am in the midst of a career change. After 23 years with a major petroleum company as a Senior Project Manager, I have opted for a severance package over relocation. I have extensive and diverse corporate business experience ...

Hello SGrandjean, Yes, besides joining ACHE this past May, I also joined the local ACHE Chapter which is Healthcare Executives of Southern California.  I also volunteered for the HCE Program Planning Committee.  I will get in touch with people from the state hospital association as you suggested. The particular health care ...

Hello, I graduated from the Univ. of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science Health Care Services Degree on 11/30/06.  I joined ACHE this past May, 2007 and its local chapter Health Care Executives of Southern California.  Attending my first networking event in July proved to be very successful, as I met many health care professionals and ...