Compensation Issues

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.

Although primary care physicians bring in more net revenue to the average hospital, their compensation still lags behind those in several medical and surgical specialties.

In a session at the 4th Annual Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting, James E. Rohan, vice president and managing director at Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, shared three things to know about hospital and health system CEO and CFO compensation.

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, James Slaggert, vice president for integrated health networks at Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and David A. DiLoreto, system senior vice president and CMO at Chicago-based Presence Health,…

At the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Jim Carr, partner at HealthCare Appraisers, detailed compensation trends for six physician specialties and explained how physician employment is affected those trends. The basis for Mr. Carr's…

Generous executive health plans may be subject to anti-discrimination fines as high as $500,000 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report by Kaiser Health News and USA Today.

Over the past decade, salaries of registered nurses have increased by roughly $20,000, according to an analysis from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions.

This year, George Hernandez Jr., CEO of University Health System in San Antonio, Texas, will earn $625,000 — a $150,000 raise from 2012, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.