The most important quality physicians look for in an insurer is its reimbursement rate, according to a recent Medscape study of more than 6,300 physicians across 25 specialties.
Compensation Issues
After offering some of the lowest premiums in the country in 2014, Golden Valley, Minn.—based insurer PreferredOne will be increasing premiums substantially on 2015 individual market plans, according to a StarTribune report.
The average salary at hospitals in Central Florida is $54,319, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.
As the healthcare industry continues its ongoing shift from volume-based, fee-for-service models of pay to value-based systems of reimbursement, healthcare provider salaries have drawn increasing levels of attention.
Barely half (52 percent) of employees say their employer does a good job explaining pay programs and employers agree — just 53 percent say their employees understand how base pay is determined, according to a Towers Watson infographic.
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Here are the top eight states with the highest average annual estimated wages for registered nurses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.
The median combined salary for physicians and surgeons in 2012 was equal to or greater than $187,200 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, but some physician specialties — especially surgeons — make much more.
6 steps to transition your organization to a performance-based physician compensation model
Here are the eight states with the lowest average annual estimated wage for registered nurses in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.
Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care CEOs and senior vice presidents will take a 20 to 23 percent pay reduction as part of Baptist’s cost-cutting efforts, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.