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Health system executive pay growth outpaces hospital exec pay
The nation's largest health systems are aggressively competing to recruit and retain their most senior leaders, putting upward pressure on compensation for system CEO, COO and CFO roles, according to a survey from consulting firm SullivanCotter. -
States with highest, lowest nurse salaries
Below is the breakdown of the states where registered nurses make the most money and where they make the least, according to a Forbes analysis of occupational data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. -
Phoenix hospital CEO gets $85K raise despite criticism from board members
The CEO of a public and nonprofit safety-net health system in Phoenix will get an $85,000 raise despite objections from two board members who questioned if the increase was excessive, according to the Arizona Republic. -
9 Cook County Health executives given robust raises without documented justification, watchdog says
Nine high-ranking employees of Chicago-based Cook County Health System were given robust pay raises above an amount set in a business rule, according to the Chicago Tribune, which cited a recent watchdog report. -
Average RN income in 9 US regions
Registered nurses, on average, earn the most in the Pacific region of the U.S., according to Medscape's 2019 nurse compensation report. -
Some nonprofit IU Health board members paid $40K+ for 6-hour work weeks, report says
Indiana University Health in Indianapolis compensated 13 board members nearly $500,000 for about six hours of work a week in 2016, according to Indiana Public Media. -
Gender disparities in pay persist under fee-for-service
Female surgeons earn 24 percent less per hour than male surgeons under a fee-for-service system in Canada, a difference that can cost women more than $50 per hour in some specialties, according to new research published by JAMA Surgery. -
Akron Children's to raise minimum wage to $15
Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital will increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour effective Nov. 24, reports the Akron Beacon Journal. -
Loophole exposes faith-based hospital workers to pension uncertainty
A financially strapped Catholic hospital in New York can't pay retired workers' pensions — and due to a loophole, it may not be the only hospital that puts workers' financial futures at risk, according to NPR. -
BJC HealthCare to raise minimum wage
St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare will raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2021, the system announced. -
10 hospitals offering nurses up to $10K signing bonuses
Here are 10 hospitals that posted job listings offering registered nurses up to $10,000 in signing bonuses. -
Average weekly pay for 10 most in-demand travel nurse specialties
Labor and delivery travel nurses can earn close to $2,000 per week, making it the highest-paid travel nurse specialty, according to a report by Trusted Health, a nurse-staffing firm. -
Board of Arizona safety-net hospital backtracks on CEO's $100,000 pay hike after local paper inquires
The board of Valleywise Health, a public and nonprofit safety-net health system in Phoenix, postponed discussions about increasing its CEO's pay after The Arizona Republic inquired about the hike Sept. 24. -
Trump administration expands eligibility for overtime pay to 1.3M people
The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled a rule on Sept. 24 that would alter earnings thresholds to make more than 1 million American workers eligible for overtime pay, effective Jan. 1, 2020. -
Physicians, pharmacy managers top list of highest-paying US jobs
The top four jobs on Glassdoor's annual list of the 25 highest-paying jobs in America are in healthcare. -
Younger workers happier with their pay than those 55 or older
Labor-market conditions are paying off for workers under age 35, The Wall Street Journal reports. -
American College of Cardiologists calls for better wage equality
The American College of Cardiology issued a policy statement calling for improved wage equality among male and female physicians in the specialty. -
NP/PAs report more earnings, gender wage gap persists, study says
More than half of all nurse practitioners and physician assistants (51.2 percent and 53.7 percent, respectively) reported earning more in 2018-19 than in the prior year, according to Clinical Advisor's 2019 NP/PA Salary Survey. -
Female pediatricians earn at least $8K less than male counterparts each year
The gender wage gap exists even in female-heavy specialties like pediatrics. Female pediatricians earn at least $8,000 less than male pediatricians per year, even after accounting for a range of factors like work hours, practice ownership and labor-force, physician-specific jobs, and work-family characteristics, according to research published by Pediatrics. -
Median board director compensation hits $300K for S&P 500 firms
Many companies in the S&P 500 are working to streamline their board compensation structure, while increasing overall pay, according to a study conducted by Mercer, a human resources consulting firm.
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