Any Coli members work in healthcare?

[hotbeezie]

I work as a Medical Laboratory Scientist

I'm pretty much the lab guy the phlebotomists give the blood and everything else to.

I kinda wanna get into IT or research but I don't really know how to go about doing it tho.

 

[Serious]

Healthcare>>>>>>>>>corporate white america

shhhhh don't tell em

 

[FUPA]

how long does it take to get become a surgical tech?.....what would be the starting pay once you get your certificate?

Now its better about a year 1/2 but now you get your AS instead of just a cert. So if you ever wanna move up to study some other career atleast now you can jump into it. Instead of starting over.

Pay really depends where you go. Surgery Centers are for profit own by groups of Drs. So cash is good for them and they pay the best starting 25-30$ here in CA. Hospitals vary from 17 on up depending on quality of hospital. The better or more well recognized hospital the more money.

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

I work for a top 3 insurance company, been here for almost 8 years, pay is not bad at all and health insurance is fukking cheap, i get to listen to my ipod all day long and flexible hours


















































The job is just fukking boring though

 

[flea]

I used to work in healthcare but obamacare made the company I work for irrelevant so I got laid off along with 100 other employees thanks Obama

 

[mannyrs13]

The pharmaceutical retail company i work for sells "healthcare" products. I help them out from time to time also. Lots of stress in that area of the company. Don't need the customers or employees blowing up on me like #TnT.

 

[mannyrs13]

I work for a top 3 insurance company, been here for almost 8 years, pay is not bad at all and health insurance is fukking cheap, i get to listen to my ipod all day long and flexible hours


















































The job is just fukking boring though

uhc? I'm glad i don't gotta deal with insurances. My pharmacist and techs always gotta deal with customers who's script isn't covered or it's too soon. Or the copay went up.

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

uhc? I'm glad i don't gotta deal with insurances. My pharmacist and techs always gotta deal with customers who's script isn't covered or it's too soon. Or the copay went up.

Nah HCSC basically its blue cross/blue shield for IL, TX, NM, OK and MT...

I couldnt do the phones, dealing with the providers that i do gotta deal with hate insurances

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

I'll said before and I'll say it again Physician Assistant is the way to go in the medical field

- 2 year program
- 80 thou straight out the gate

-On my second year practicing and at 100 thou
- lots of autonomy in the many different specialties
- work outta 3 hospitals in my area... Work does not get monotonous keeps it interesting ... Oh yea and you see different hoes every day


Bout to accept a job in central georgia for 120k as an ER PA Can't wait for that

 

[SPACE IS FAKE]

^What do you do on a daily basis

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I work in health care for the past 8 years. first in community health, and now at a large health system with a shytload of hospitals out here. I do clinical informatics which basically has to do with pulling data, building reports, and getting people numbers so they can make decisions. job would be good, but my team is sposed to consist of 4 people that do the same thing as me, but 2 transferred away, and 1 left altogether which leaves me doing all of their work with no help on the way right now

Wow, interesting. I'm a Health Administration grad student, and I always wondered how that works with directors pulling data and building reports. I guess they hire people to do that for them. How did you get into the clinical informatics field?

 

[beenz]

Wow, interesting. I'm a Health Administration grad student, and I always wondered how that works with directors pulling data and building reports. I guess they hire people to do that for them. How did you get into the clinical informatics field?

I started off in IT in a health care setting, and it kept evolving into folks asking me to produce data and I kinda shifted fields that way.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

you dont need a BS to do entry level IT. but I dont know how well that pays.

if u wanna be any kinda administrator or management outside of food services, maintenence, or security, you gotta have a degree. if you wanna be nursing admininstrator or boss doctors around, u best have clinical experience meaning a RN (BSN), and a masters (MPH, MHA, MBA). some of these administrators have JD's and shyt too.

A lot of women who were floor nurses go back to school and get their masters in something to get an admin job. that means regular hours, more money, and no doing rounds in the hospital.

Bossing doctors around does not require clinical experience. What are you talking about?

these sleep tech shyt is the worst way to get into a hospital. Everyone does it cause it seems simple. You wont get the $25 at least here in CA average is $10-$12. You wont ever be able to move up much more than your position. I say for entry level and better overview Surgical Tech is the way to go. Can move around the surgical field and get to high level positions within with no degrees.

I started as a Surg Tech $25/hr to Transplant Coordinator to $48/hr and im on my 2nd year. My job pay grade tops out 81/hr in 10 years Just got my BS in nursing and work paid for it all

Dont do the easy stuff just like Medical Assistants youll always stay there and outlook is bleak. RNs are over saturated in some states so they are taking the lower lever jobs. RNs here in CA already took over LVN positions.

I'm a sleep tech Have been one for 6 years I have a degree in psychology that was useless, and now I'm in grad school for MHA. How did you get into Surgery Tech?

I work in Healthcare

I'm an MPH. Been in the field for 10+ years

I work closely with the Sleep Medicine department, which is affiliated with Pulmonary

It's a good vocational career, but creates a dead end if you are looking for mobility in the health field. Use it to start and then learn about things that will help you with upward mobility (coding, compliance, revenue management cycle)

Certifications hold more weight in the healthcare management than a degree, unless you're holding a MPH or MBA. CPCs, RHIAs, CCPs, RHITs get jobs quicker. Unless you're going the Clinical Route (MD, RN, NP).

The healthcare industry will never have a shortage of jobs, so it is a safe bet.

What certifications should I be looking at getting if I'm a MHA student?

The problem with having both the RRT and RPSGT is that you can't do both jobs at the same time. They're both more technical certifications. Definitely great for a career in respiratory and polysomnography, but if you want to become management or administration you'd want to couple that RPSGT with a CPC (Certified Professional Coder) or an MBA (Healthcare recommended). Being in management requires that you understand how the hospital and your department makes money.

It all depends on what your goal is. With an RPGST and a MBA, you could excel in the Sleep Medicine/Pulmonary Division of a hospital. You could even work with a DMEPOS supplier. Lots of opportunities

Technical Cert + Administrative Experience/Degree= Best jobs available in healthcare

I'm a sleep tech without the RPSGT accreditation. I;ll probably getting it beginning of next year. Once I get my MHA, I'm getting the fukk outta sleep medicine.

think I'm playing? $100K borrowed will cost you $600 a month given a 6% interest rate for 30 years if you were to pay it back on a montly basis. you could always pay more and pay it back faster, but don't try to blow it off like it's chump change.

lol I ow3 about 100k to sallie mae, and around 40 to fed student loans. I pay a grand a month on just sallie mae

I'll said before and I'll say it again Physician Assistant is the way to go in the medical field

- 2 year program
- 80 thou straight out the gate

-On my second year practicing and at 100 thou
- lots of autonomy in the many different specialties
- work outta 3 hospitals in my area... Work does not get monotonous keeps it interesting ... Oh yea and you see different hoes every day


Bout to accept a job in central georgia for 120k as an ER PA Can't wait for that

What makes you say that? I would love to go that route, but man I can't keep going to school like this. Plus I'd need to get all the prereqs out of the way before I even joined a program.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I work in health care for the past 8 years. first in community health, and now at a large health system with a shytload of hospitals out here. I do clinical informatics which basically has to do with pulling data, building reports, and getting people numbers so they can make decisions. job would be good, but my team is sposed to consist of 4 people that do the same thing as me, but 2 transferred away, and 1 left altogether which leaves me doing all of their work with no help on the way right now

demand a raise now.

 

[beenz]

demand a raise now.

I did, and they said no, so I left that job and got a higher paying job that allows me to work from home last september.