In 2012, roughly 86 percent of hospital and healthcare CEOs received a car or car allowance as a perquisite, according to a recent national healthcare executive benefits survey from Integrated Healthcare Strategies.
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Roughly 83 percent of hospitals and healthcare organizations have a written severance agreement with their CEO, according to a healthcare CEO severance survey from Mercer, Witt/Kieffer and Hunton & Williams.
Orthopedic surgeons continue to be one of the highest-paid physician specialties, as their average salary offers exceeded $480,000 last year.
Hospitals and health systems are often considered to be bastions of economic development and employment in their respective communities. It's hard to argue with that. According to the American Hospital Association, hospitals employed almost 5.5 million people in 2011, and…
Jeff Sherman, outgoing CFO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals, is set to receive millions in vested stock and bonuses as he leaves for another job in Dallas, according to his voluntary resignation agreement.
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Here are eight statistics on salaries offered to the most-recruited physician specialties in 2012-13, according to a Merritt Hawkins report.
In 2012, cardiac and thoracic surgeons in medical groups reported their lowest average annual compensation in the past four years, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2013 compensation survey.
Compensation of hospital and health system CEOs has long been under the microscope of the public, and a community-based health group in Grand Rapids, Mich., believes better incentives must be a factor in their pay.
Over the past 20 years, the gap in pay between male and female physicians has widened, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The following physician and hospital executive compensation issues occurred in the past two months, starting with the most recent.