Compensation Issues

J. Michael Pearson, former CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, is getting a hefty golden parachute, according to CNN Money.

Male physicians still earn more than their female counterparts in both primary and specialty care — though a survey from Medscape suggests this gap is closing.

Blue Shield of California has made its first detailed disclosure on executive pay, which lists compensation for the nonprofit's 10 highest paid executives by name.

Many of the highest earners among organizations in the Standard & Poor's 500 index are healthcare and pharmaceutical company CEOs, according to a report from the Associated Press and research firm Equilar.

Compensation for primary care providers increased at a faster rate than specialty care compensation last year, according to the 2015 Medical Group Management Association annual compensation survey. 

Compensation for CEOs of healthcare organizations in the Standard & Poor's 500 index was millions higher than their executive peers in other industries in 2015, according to Equilar and the Associated Press' S&P 500 CEO Pay Study 2016.

When a company performs well, chances are its top leadership will see a raise in salary, some of which are higher than others. But this CEO's pay increase might take the cake, according to Fortune.

The Department of Labor last week updated the federal overtime pay rule, impacting millions of workers, including healthcare workers and medical researchers.

In 1962, David Jones Sr. co-founded a nursing home company that went on to become the Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana. Now he works as treasurer of 21st Century Parks, a nonprofit that preserves and develops public parks — and…

Pittsburgh-based UPMC President and CEO Jeffrey Romoff received total compensation of $6.43 million in fiscal year 2015, down slightly from $6.45 million the year prior, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.