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Specialties that change your pay

• Hospital case management

  Discharge planning and length of stay. Fast, stressful, and the best paid entry point.

• Utilization review for an insurer

  Deciding what gets authorized. Often remote, often the highest pay in the field.

• Workers compensation case management

  Managing injured workers back to a job. Usually needs a nursing background.

• Behavioral health and substance use

  Heavier caseloads, lower pay, and the work people mean when they say this field matters.

• Housing and homeless services

  Coordinating benefits, landlords and shelters. Chronically underfunded and chronically needed.