Compensation Issues

The new CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health could make up to $950,000 in his or her first year.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings CEO and CFO saw their base salaries and total compensation increase in 2015.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley and the ‎Minnetonka, Minn.-based company's President and CFO David Wichmann saw their base salaries rise and total compensation fall in 2015.

Amid falling profits, Massachusetts hospitals are investing in executives to withstand the the changing healthcare landscape, according to an in-depth report on nonprofit compensation by the Lowell Sun.

The California State Assembly Committee on Health on Tuesday passed a union-sponsored bill that would require hospitals and affiliated medical groups to file yearly reports on the compensation of their top paid executives, according to California Healthline.

Here are the eight specialties in which physicians earn the least, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2016.

Great Neck, N.Y.-based Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling's total compensation hit $9.6 million in 2015, according to Crain's New York Business.

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance confirmed Wednesday it will shut down CrestPoint Health, the health system's insurance plan operated by its subsidiary Integrated Solutions Health Network, reports WJHL.  

A frustrated Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas said it will cut network ties with all medical facilities in Texas run by Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America starting May 1, should the parties fail to successfully resolve contract negotiations,…

Louisville, Ky-based Humana has informed thousands of Texans it won't cover their allergy medication because it isn't FDA approved. The problem? It is, according to the Austin American Statesman.