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.
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Diabetic patients who switch to a high-deductible health plan may be more likely to leave name-brand medication unfilled, according to a study funded by Merck and published by JAMA Network Open.
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.
Fewer employers are offering their workers only high-deductible health plans this open enrollment season, according to Kaiser Health News.
Cigna found programs that offer members financial incentives to improve their health not only boosted health outcomes but lowered total medical costs by 10 percent on average, the company said Oct. 29.
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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.
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.
Health Care Service Corp. doled out raises in 2018 to eight of its 10 highest-paid executives, including former leaders, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
Registered nurses, on average, earn the most in the Pacific region of the U.S., according to Medscape's 2019 nurse compensation report.
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.