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Compensation Issues

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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. 

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,…

Employees at Jellico (Tenn.) Community Hospital had their Florida Blue coverage terminated, the health insurer told CBS affiliate WVLT News.

Careers in healthcare, technology and management ranked among the most promising choices in the next decade, according to analysis of employment data by the Wall Street Journal.

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