Gender disparities in both representation and salary are greatest among cardiology and gastroenterology, according to research published July 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Some physicians who staffed the emergency department at two hospitals in the LRGHealthcare network went unpaid for hundreds of hours they worked in April, Concord Monitor reported July 1. 

No association is found between hospital CEO compensation and the value scores received by the hospitals they oversee, according to a July 6 blog post in Health Affairs. 

Health systems are vying for critical medical talent with eye-popping sign-on bonuses, with at least one system offering $30,000 to nurses. Here are six considerations for the extenders and receivers of this early incentive. 

Centura Health in Centennial, Colo., said June 30 that it will provide employees up to the director level, as well as employed providers, a $500 appreciation bonus if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Aug. 13.

The following health systems revealed plans in June about offering sign-on bonuses or pandemic appreciation bonuses for workers:

Houston Methodist is offering $15,000 sign-on bonuses to nurses and $15,000 referral bonuses for employees.

Health systems in Georgia and Southwest Florida are offering nurses sign-on bonuses amounting to tens of thousands of dollars and/or relocation assistance amid efforts to address staffing needs. 

Trinity Health will provide $500 appreciation awards to its 123,000 employees in recognition of their contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a June 22 health system statement.

Cardiovascular/cardiothoracic surgery topped the list as the highest-paid physician assistant specialty in 2020, according to the American Academy of Physician Assistants Salary Report published June 16. 

The gender pay gap plagues women in the U.S., and the healthcare industry is no exception. Here are 10 numbers that illustrate the gender pay gap:

Women are just as likely as men to vote against a policy that shrinks the gender pay gap if the roles are reversed and men are the ones earning less, according to a study published in the journal of Applied Economics Letters.

Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital, part of Upper Allegheny Health System, said it is seeking nurses and offering incentives to help with those efforts.

The average primary care physician's salary amounts to $242,000, while specialty physicians make an average $102,000 more annually, according to a new report from Medscape.

A bill under consideration in California would require hospitals, clinics and skilled nursing facilities to invest in COVID-19 bonuses for healthcare workers, the Los Angeles Times reported June 2. 

The following health systems revealed plans in May about offering sign-on bonuses or pandemic appreciation bonuses for workers:

Compensation for most physicians has remained steady, despite financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic such as lower patient volumes, caps on elective procedures and increased medical practice closures, according to data released May 26 from the Medical Group Management Association.   

Piedmont is offering nurses up to $30,000 in sign-on bonuses to work at the Atlanta-based health system.

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is giving a $1,500 bonus to faculty and staff in gratitude for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said May 26.

It would take 42 additional days of work for women to earn what men did last year, meaning the earnings gap remained unchanged in 2020, according to analysis from Pew Research Center.