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Compensation Issues

Nurse practitioners and radiologists were the two healthcare jobs listed among high-paying remote jobs, with radiologists having the highest median salary on the list at $260,604, according to a report from job seeker website FlexJobs.

After a Securities and Exchange Commission rule required public companies to disclose the pay ratio of their CEOs and median employees for the first time this year, corporate leaders prepared for backlash—but discussion on CEO pay appears to be overshadowed by conversation about gender…

Chief executives of Massachusetts' largest hospitals and health systems saw significant pay raises in 2016, with David Torchiana, MD, CEO of Boston-based Partners HealthCare, topping the list for total compensation, according to federal tax filings cited by The Boston Globe.

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Emergency medical technicians and paramedics were the only healthcare positions named on a list of jobs most likely to provide a pay raise, according to a report from comparison platform and information service website finder.com.

As the number of nurse practitioners hits a record high in the U.S. and demand for advanced practice providers grows, 90 percent of healthcare organizations are offering sign-on bonuses to APPs as part of their recruitment strategy, a SullivanCotter survey found.

While it may be a few years before the healthcare industry can study the effects of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's joint healthcare venture on the industry, Bloomberg columnist Max Nisen claims key industry players should be more concerned…

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