Guides

These guides are resources for aspiring and current healthcare administration professionals. They include scholarship databases, salary tables, conference schedules, and lists of the top degrees and careers in this field.

Hospital at Home: What Healthcare Administrators Need to Know September 17, 2026

Hospital at Home: What Healthcare Administrators Need to Know

The public health emergency has ended, but Hospital at Home is still here. The reason is that it works. With an aging population, Hospital at Home is an important lever in extending capacity; more Americans want the center of their healthcare to be home.

Online MHA Programs Ranked by Affordability (2027) September 17, 2026

Online MHA Programs Ranked by Affordability (2027)

To help students find affordable programs, we’ve outlined over 50 of the top most affordable online MHA programs for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Top Health Administration Scholarships (2027) September 10, 2026

Top Health Administration Scholarships (2027)

The cost of higher education continues to rise, forcing students to take on a considerable amount of debt to fulfill their dream of getting a quality education. Fortunately for students in health administration, there is a growing number of scholarship opportunities.

Five Emerging Careers in Healthcare Administration (2026-2027) August 20, 2026

Five Emerging Careers in Healthcare Administration (2026-2027)

Healthcare administration is one of the fastest growing careers in the US. But in an increasingly complex and fragmented landscape, healthcare administration is becoming more of an umbrella term than a specific career. Explore several emerging leadership careers, including roles in AI.

What Healthcare Administrators Need to Know About the Nursing Shortage August 12, 2026

What Healthcare Administrators Need to Know About the Nursing Shortage

For healthcare administrators, understanding the difference between these problems is not just academic. The financial stakes are significant. According to the 2026 NSI National Health Care Retention and RN Staffing Report, the average cost of losing a single bedside RN is $60,090, with the typical hospital losing somewhere between $4.2 million and $6.2 million annually to RN turnover.

Healthcare Risk Management Week 2026: What Healthcare Managers Should Know July 28, 2026

Healthcare Risk Management Week 2026: What Healthcare Managers Should Know

Healthcare risk managers are often the go-to professional in a crisis, acting as a liaison between providers, patients, families, organizational leaders, and the community. Effective healthcare risk management saves lives, prevents errors, lowers costs, optimizes outcomes, and boosts public health. On the heels of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s never been more important.

Steward Health: CEO Charged With Contempt of Congress After Defying Subpoena to Testify July 8, 2026

Steward Health: CEO Charged With Contempt of Congress After Defying Subpoena to Testify

The national media has been buzzing with coverage of Dr. Ralph de la Torre, the embattled former CEO of hospital industry giant Steward Health Care who stepped down in October 2024. In one of the most colossal failures of a hospital chain in American history, the Dallas-based for-profit Steward system declared bankruptcy the previous May.

What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know About Cybersecurity in 2026-2027 June 9, 2026

What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know About Cybersecurity in 2026-2027

Healthcare is the top target for ransomware and other cyberthreats. In 2025, there were approximately 460 ransomware attacks and 182 data breaches in the healthcare industry, for a total of 642 total cyber events—more than experienced by the financial services industry.

Measuring the Healthcare Sector: Who, What, Why? April 8, 2026

Measuring the Healthcare Sector: Who, What, Why?

Alongside HHS and still within the Department of Commerce, one finds the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The BEA is responsible for producing economic statistics in general. They contribute to measuring healthcare spending as part of their calculation of GDP as a whole—the healthcare sector just happens to entail one-fifth of that total amount. They coordinate closely with NHEA and CMS on these calculations.