In four years, Michael Tarwater, CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System, took at least 29 personal flights on the system's patient and organ transport planes, according to a WBTV report.
Compensation Issues
Here are six findings on severance packages that healthcare CEOs are offered, according to a survey released by Mercer, Witt/Kieffer and Hunton & Williams.
A majority of healthcare organizations modified their physician compensation plans last year to incorporate quality and patient satisfaction metrics, according to a survey from ECG Management Consultants.
Last week, one of my blog posts explored the financial decisions that face the future physicians of our country. The post was in response to a CBS News article that called becoming a physician a potential "million dollar mistake." I…
With net worth totaling $5 billion, Thomas Frist Jr., MD, co-founder of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corp. of America, ranks among the 400 richest people in America, according to "The Forbes 400" list.
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The 10 highest-paid hospital and health system CFOs in Washington state earned more than $5.6 million in combined compensation in 2012.
In 2012, the 10 highest-paid hospital and health system CEOs, presidents and administrators in Washington state received roughly $18.9 million in cumulative compensation.
Kenneth Westbrook, president and CEO of Integrated Healthcare Holdings, a four-hospital system based in Santa Ana, Calif., earned $596,041 in 2012, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Leif Murphy is officially the new CFO of LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., and the hospital operator has raised his salary and granted new stock options as part of the promotion.
As an editor, one of the things that excites me most about my job is writing, and helping reporters write, enticing headlines that draw readers in. I came across a headline last week that stood out to me as one…