Since 2011, shareholders have had the right to vote on compensation, and some healthcare CEOs have faced significant shareholder opposition to their proposed pay packages.
Compensation Issues
The disparity between the pay a company's CEO takes home and the median employee salary continues to widen, according to a report from nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems' board recently approved 2020 pay packages for its top executives.
Total healthcare spending climbed from 2014-18, and prices were the biggest driver of that increase, according to a new analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute.
CEOs leading insurance companies, including health plans, saw their compensation packages altered after the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new study from the Florida International University College of Business.
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Private employees in New Hampshire have the highest average family deductible for employer-sponsored health plans, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Seven recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:
Adventist Health St. Helena (Calif.) will close its senior behavioral health and inpatient mental health units, affecting 105 employees, the Napa Valley Register reports.
Patients of Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin insurance may face higher out-of-pocket costs if the organizations fail to reach a contract agreement by a looming deadline, according to the…
San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Cigna still lack an agreement more than a month after their contract expired Dec. 31, according to Kaiser Health News.