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Compensation Issues

Here are six things to know about healthcare executive compensation in 2015, according to the 2015 "Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems Survey" from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.

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Hospital and health system executives' median total cash compensation increased 6.9 percent in the past year, indicating accelerated growth over 2014, according to a recent survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.

Compensation for physician assistants in the U.S. continues to rise, with the median base salary for a PA in 2014 growing to $93,800 a year, up $3,800 from 2012, according to the 2015 American Academy of Physician Assistants Salary Survey.

New data shows primary care physicians and surgeons are collecting more in reimbursement since implementation of the Affordable Care Act, though reimbursement collection increases varied between states that did and did not expand Medicaid, according to the Robert Wood Johnson…

Median total compensation for CEOs across all industries rose significantly in 2014, largely fueled by pension value adjustments, market performance and peer pressure, according to a report from The Conference Board.

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