Compensation Issues

The annual salary range for the highest-paying medical job in the U.S. is $119,000 to $303,000, according to job site Glassdoor.

The salaries for chief executives often vary with some in the single-digit millions to beyond $25 million. Business Insider explored the salaries of 25 CEOs in the healthcare industry to see how the executives compared in 2018.

The average overall physician salary for 2019 is $313,000, which marks a 20 percent increase from 2015, according to Medscape's annual Physician Compensation Report.

The widening gap between the salary of a company's average employee and its chief executive has drawn increased scrutiny in the U.S. Now, nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has released its "100 Most Overpaid CEOs" list for 2019.

Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital is raising its minimum hourly wage to $15, the hospital announced April 3.

The gender wage gap among physicians fell below a six-digit figure for the first time in 2018, according to Doximity's 2019 Physician Compensation Report.

Physicians saw a less than 1 percent decrease in pay between 2017 and 2018, with compensation still varying greatly across metropolitan areas, according to Doximity's 2019 Physician Compensation Report.

UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, issued $146.2 million in rebates to large and small employers in 2017, according to the Star Tribune.

The former CEO of bankrupt North Philadelphia Health System does not deserve his $1.8 million severance package, according to a lawsuit filed March 15 and obtained by The Inquirer.

The median compensation for chief executives at S&P 500 companies reached $12.4 million in 2018, up from $11.7 million one year prior, according to a recent analysis of executive compensation by The Wall Street Journal.