One healthcare job in the U.S. pays employees at least $100 per hour across every single state, according to 2017 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cited by Money.
Compensation Issues
The board of Antelope Valley Healthcare District approved a two-year contract for hospital CEO Edward Mirzabegian Jan. 23. Under the contract, Mr. Mirzabegian will receive an annual salary of $600,000, according to the Antelope Valley Press.
The median annual salary for full-time clinical physician assistants was $105,000 in 2017, a 2.9 percent increase from $102,000 the year prior, according to the 2018 AAPA Salary Report.
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare announced plans Jan. 14 to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour, effective March 31.
Pineville, Ky.-based Southeast Kentucky Medical Center blamed a Medicare error for delaying back-to-back paychecks to its employees, CBS-affiliate television station WYMT reports.
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Six healthcare jobs made a list of high-paying, low-stress jobs, with workers in the top-paying healthcare occupation earning $208,000 a year, according to analysis by GOBankingRates.com.
Ranked by descending net worth, here are the top 10 healthcare executives on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of Jan. 2.
Physician compensation is far more than just a number, and several data anomalies may shed light on what physicians' earnings mean, two authors write in a STAT op-ed.
A study examining what insurance policies 450 private and public colleges offered their employees in 2017 found a significant increase in high-deductible health plan offerings, according to Sibson Consulting.
The average salary for physicians and surgeons dropped from $258,039 in 2017 to $250,000 in 2018, according to MedPage Today's 2018 salary survey results.