This features section explores career paths, professors to know, industry changes, and other forces shaping the experience of online MHA students. These features cover the realities of pursuing an online degree, including applications tips, internship requirements, scholarship prospects, and advice for finding a job upon graduation.
Check back regularly for updates, including interviews with program administrators, career profiles, and application tips.
February 13, 2026
The last Baby Boomer turns 65 in 2030. That’s also the year when one in five Americans will be over 65, and an estimated nine million will be over the age of 85—a nearly 50 percent increase from 2020.
February 9, 2026
Major changes to the federal student loan system are set to take effect in 2026, reshaping how graduate and professional students, including many pursuing healthcare careers, will finance their education.
February 6, 2026
Human nature prefers familiarity over the unknown. This has been demonstrated by research time and time again, and this is an important concept within networking. You increase your odds of connecting with an opportunity you can leverage for yourself because someone remembered you and how your professional skillset overlapped with the opportunity.
February 4, 2026
To help students find affordable programs, we’ve outlined the top 50 most affordable online MHA programs in 2026.
January 29, 2026
The idea fueling medical aid in dying is that instead of allowing the disease to dictate the conditions of their final moments in this life, the person can die on their own terms, with their dignity intact, and often at home.
January 26, 2026
This article aims to help give practice managers a framework for how to wrap their heads around the RPM/CCM code workflow, so they may better decide if it makes sense to take the next step and run a pilot program of their own.
January 23, 2026
Integrated behavioral healthcare creates effective provider relationships across disciplines and practices in order to provide care that acknowledges the whole patient, the context in which they exist, and the interconnection between the systems in the body.
January 9, 2026
Healthcare administrators coordinate the delivery of health services. This requires a knowledge of business strategy, organizational leadership, scientific research, broader advocacy, and public policy. Also, new developments and innovations in healthcare technology are allowing these professionals to serve patients better and deliver cutting-edge care.
January 7, 2026
Pediatric clinical managers are responsible for overseeing the delivery of clinical services for infants, children, and adolescents. For a registered nurse, a career in pediatric clinic management means a shift from providing care directly to patients to managing teams of nurses and working with other healthcare managers to create policies to improve care.