HHS announced that it, along with the U.S. Departments of Labor and Treasury, has issued the final rules on employment-based wellness programs.
Compensation Issues
Lindsay Mann, CEO of public-owned Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Calif., solidified his position as the county's highest-paid public employee as the board awarded him an $80,000 raise, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.
More than 85 percent of Health Management Associates shareholders approved the pay of the Naples, Fla.-based hospital company's top executives during its annual shareholders meeting, according to a disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Eighty-two percent of Community Health Systems' shareholders approved the fiscal year 2012 compensation plans of the hospital company's top executives, according to a disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Eighteen various Connecticut hospital executives earned at least $1 million in total pay in fiscal year 2012, and Thomas Pipicelli, former CEO of The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, earned the most at $3.36 million, according to a report…
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The Service Employees International Union District 1199 has asked top executives of Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, Ohio, to cut their paychecks by 5 percent in light of the hospital's recent layoff announcement, according to a Chronicle-Telegram report.
Jeffrey Romoff, president and CEO of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, made $4.3 million in base salary, bonus and other compensation in 2011 — 22 percent less than he made in the previous year, according to a report from the…
Primary care physicians were supposed to see Medicaid reimbursement levels match Medicare rates for the next two years, but since the policy's Jan. 1 start date, most physicians are still waiting to see the larger payments, according to a report…
Christopher Olivia, formerly the CEO of Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System before his June 2011 resignation, was paid a $6 million severance package following his departure, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
New York's non-profit salary cap will go into effect in July, but many hospital executives with high compensation figures may be exempt, according to a New York World report.