As an August deadline looms, 165 physicians have yet to sign employment contracts at Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina due to confusion over a new relative value unit-based compensation plan.

The average medical resident is earning $57,200 this year, but the majority of residents say this pay is not commensurate with the amount of time worked, according to a Medscape survey of more than 1,500 residents across 25 specialties.  

Orthopedics, plastic surgery and dermatology are among the medical specialties that may yield a higher return on investment than a career in investment banking, according to an independent analysis submitted to STAT.

The median annual income for U.S. health informatics directors is $147,752, according to Salary.com data.

AMGA, a trade association in Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday revealed data from its 2017 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey.

Advanced practice nursing roles pose a great career opportunity for many medical school students looking to cut education costs and earn their degree faster, reports U.S. News & World Report.

Nurse case managers in the United States earn a median annual salary of $69,521, according to PayScale data.

The mean annual salary for infection preventionists in the United States is $76,933, according to the APIC MegaSurvey.

Media appearances can increase CEO pay by as much as $210,239 on average, according to a study published in Organization Science.

Despite the industry push to value-based care, relative value units — which tie payment to volume — remain the most utilized metric in determining physician bonuses, according to physician search firm Merritt Hawkins' "2017 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

Chief information technology officers receive a median annual salary of $258,285, according to Salary.com.

Eight healthcare executives were among the top-paid CEOs of their respective states in 2016, according to a study conducted by executive data firm Equilar and The Associated Press and cited by CNBC.

Median pay for women CEOs was $13.1 million in 2016, up 9 percent from the year prior, according to analysis from executive data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. Male CEOs took home median compensation of $11.4 million, a 9 percent rise from 2015, The New York Times reported.

The typical healthcare CEO took home median compensation of $12.9 million in 2016, according to calculations by The Associated Press and executive data firm Equilar, The Washington Post reported.

Inpatient facility prices vary across the country. Prices in cities like El Paso, Texas, and Orlando, Fla., are well above the national average while prices Knoxville, Tenn., and Appleton, Wis., are far below.

As of July 1, roughly 1,000 physicians at Medical University Hospital in Charleston, S.C., will see their pay based on the number of patients they treat versus the amount of money generated by each department of the academic medical center, according to a Post and Courier report. 

The median annual salary for chief technology officers is $227,740, according to data from Salary.com.

The median annual income for operating room nurses is $72,248, according to data from Salary.com.

Certain factors — including age and productivity — contribute to gender disparity in physician compensation, according to the 2017 Physician Compensation and Production Survey from the Medical Group Management Association.

Although most health systems have begun restructuring their care models to accommodate value-based reimbursement, a large proportion are still paid on the traditional fee-for-service model. Many health system leaders are finding themselves "stuck in the middle" — attempting to align incentives and behaviors that support success under value-based reimbursement while still predominantly paying providers based on productivity.