High School
Neither the ACA nor state laws require any minimum formal educational level (such as a high school diploma or college degree). Nevertheless, a review of many employment advertisements and offerings for past and current available positions as navigators with agencies and organizations suggests that a high school diploma or equivalent is almost always a minimum requirement.
Postsecondary Education
Associate's degrees and bachelor’s degrees are a minimum requirement to fill some positions, and are preferred in other employment offerings, but such requirements are set by the employer to recruit the most appropriate candidates, rather than by statute. Useful classes focus on topics such as health insurance, the health care industry, communication skills, foreign languages, and computer science.
- Accountants
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Auditors
- Business Managers
- Cancer Registrars
- Cardiologists
- Clinic Managers
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Contact Tracers
- Directors of Telehealth
- Financial Institution Officers and Managers
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Forensic Accountants and Auditors
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Health Advocates
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Care Managers
- Health Data Analysts
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Hospitalists
- Informatics Nurse Specialists
- Insurance Claims Representatives
- Insurance Fraud Investigators
- Insurance Policy Processing Workers
- Insurance Underwriters
- Life Insurance Agents and Brokers
- Medical Ethicists
- Medical Record Technicians
- Medical Secretaries
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Nurse Managers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Property and Casualty Insurance Agents and Brokers
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Risk Managers
- Social Workers
- Transplant Coordinators
