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Compensation Issues
Resident salaries mirror physician compensation in that those in family and internal medicine earn the least, while residents in specialties such as critical care, radiology and pulmonary medicine get paid the most, according to the Medscape Residents Salary & Debt…
Here are 40 statistics on primary care and specialty care physician compensation gathered from 2014 data and reports.
Neurosurgeons had the highest average base salary or guaranteed income out of the top 20 specialties recruited by Merritt Hawkins in 2013-14, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Natchez (Miss.) Regional Medical Center has announced a 10 percent pay cut for all employees and managers, according to a Daily Reporter report.
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More than any other variable, job titles are linked to difference in compensation for perioperative nurses, according to the results from the 2013 AORN Salary and Compensation Survey.
It's important to consider context before proclaiming that physicians in the U.S. are overpaid, Kevin Pho, MD — founder of KevinMD.com —writes in a USA Today opinion piece.
Some physicians have objected to a new payment model adopted by Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy Health, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
During the last few months, The New York Times has turned out a couple of articles examining hospital and health system CEO compensation and exploring the question of whether increasing salaries for these executives are merited. Hospital advocates, such as…
Herbert Padres, MD, received millions in compensation from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City following his retirement in 2011, raising questions about hospital executive compensation, according to a report from The New York Times.