Here are 10 statistics on compensation earned by specialty physicians, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2013 compensation and financial survey.
Compensation Issues
Primary care physicians have been the most heavily recruited medical specialists over the past decade — but is their compensation meeting up with the demand?
The board of Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix has signed off on a compensation deal for new CEO Steve Purves, who can potentially make upwards of $650,000 per year in salary and bonuses, according to an Arizona Republic report.
Of the 20 most-recruited physician and advanced practitioner specialties, 13 had higher average base salary offers in 2012-13 compared with the year before, according to a report from physician staffing firm Merritt Hawkins.
The average healthcare CIO earns roughly $286,000, is a highly educated male and has served in the role for about 10 years, according to a survey from executive search firm SSi-Search.
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James Gonzalez, the recently appointed president and CEO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J., will earn more than $416,000, according to a Star-Ledger report.
Physicians across the healthcare sector should expect a median salary increase of 2.4 percent next year, but hospital-employed physicians are likely to receive lower raises, according to consulting firm Hay Group's 2013 physician compensation survey.
Donnie Weeks is retiring from his role as CEO of Camden, S.C.-based KershawHealth in January, and he will be receiving $524,000 from the system to compensate for unused paid time off and early retirement, according to a WIS report.
The compensation committee of Vanguard Health Systems in Nashville, Tenn., has laid out details of its 2014 incentive plan for top executives, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Andrew Hresko, an analyst with the Advisory Board Company, answered some frequently asked questions pertaining to the design of on-call coverage plans for cardiovascular physicians.