Physicians are among the highest-paid people in the workforce on average, but their retirement may not be as secure as some would believe, according to a report from Fidelity Investments.
Compensation Issues
Between 2012 and 2013, median total cash compensation for primary care physicians rose 5.7 percent, while medical and surgical specialist compensation grew at slower rates, according to a physician compensation and productivity survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.
A study has identified an average pay gap of 35 percent between male and female healthcare executives in similar positions.
The compensation committee of Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare slashed the pay of the company's primary executives as IASIS missed profitability targets in 2013.
Here are eight physician specialties which posted the highest median gross charges in 2012.
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The HHS Office of Inspector General is evaluating whether caps on hospital executive salaries and compensation could offer substantial Medicare savings.
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas is planning to restore incentive pay for about 60 of its top executives after such pay stopped in 2011 after the hospital fell into trouble with government regulators, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has finalized the annual base salaries of President and CEO Milton Johnson, as well as CFO William Rutherford.
Michael Tarwater, CEO of Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C., earned about $4.9 million in total compensation last year, according to a Charlotte Observer report.
This past July, what started as a regional issue and ballooned to a national issue ended as a nonissue.