Mark T. Bertolini — chairman and CEO of Aetna — has predicted a number of large companies will announce wage increases for their lowest-paid workers during 2015, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Compensation Issues
When times get tough, some hospital executives end up taking a pay cut, whether they want to or not.
Male registered nurses earn, on average, more than $5,000 more than their female counterparts, according to a study published in JAMA.
Compensation committees are integral to ensuring hospitals and health systems are offering competitive salaries to attract and retain talent, while also remaining within the confines of what is fair and justifiable.
Here are 10 statistics on the U.S. national average annual salary plus bonus for physician assistants and registered nurses, as of February 2015, according to Salary.com.
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Four healthcare jobs made Glassdoor's top 25 list of highest paying in-demand jobs.
Some physicians employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are disgruntled by a pay raise implemented last November for incoming physicians and dentists, according to ABC News in Baltimore.
Some of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System's board members may be asked to resign over the $1.7 million in management bonuses the system recently paid out, according to a Times Free Press report.
Physician compensation trends are unusual compared to other industries, according to data from physician social networking site Doximity.
Despite four hospital projects going over budget and falling years behind schedule, the Denver Veterans Affairs executives in charge of them received "performance awards" amounting to $22 million since 2007, according Fox.