How To Become A Hospitalist Coordinator: What It Is and Career Path

What is a hospitalist coordinator and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a hospitalist coordinator. For example, did you know that they make an average of $24.99 an hour? That's $51,977 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow -8% and produce -286,900 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreHospitalist CoordinatorUS Average

Salary

4.1

Avg. Salary $51,977

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

7.2

Growth rate -8%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.2

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37%

Asian 3.77%

Black or African American 9.57%

Hispanic or Latino 11.96%

Unknown 3.77%

White 70.56%

Gender

female 89.19%

male 10.81%

Age - 51

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 51

Stress level

7.2

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

4.7

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

9.3

Work life balance is excellent

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a hospitalist coordinator

Explore hospitalist coordinator education requirements

Most common hospitalist coordinator degrees

Bachelor's

43.3 %

Associate

29.9 %

Master's

14.9 %

Start to develop specific hospitalist coordinator skills

Skills	Percentages
Patient Care	18.05%
Home Health	13.61%
Patients	13.10%
Relevant Data	9.41%
Meeting Minutes	8.74%

Complete relevant hospitalist coordinator training and internships

Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New hospitalist coordinators learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a hospitalist coordinator based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real hospitalist coordinator resumes.

Research hospitalist coordinator duties and responsibilities

Manage inpatient transfers to rehabilitation and medical facilities, along with preparing and monitoring outpatient billings insurance verification and referrals.
Benefit tracking includes vacation, sick time and CME reimbursement.
Maintain Hospitalists schedule to ensure coverage, tracking PTO and CME requests.
Coordinate, maintain and reconcile monthly tracking reports for billing, payroll and clinical hours.

Apply for hospitalist coordinator jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a hospitalist coordinator job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do hospitalist coordinators rate their job?

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Hospitalist coordinator reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2019

Pros

Interacting with the physicians

Cons

Seeing how frustrating it can be for good physicians to be good physicians not just for reports