Although contracted physician services continue to represent a growing cost for hospitals and health systems, the rate of pay increases in those contracts is leveling off, according to MD Ranger's fourth annual physician contract benchmark report.
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The national salary averages for medical records clerks increased by 14 percent from 2011 to 2013, according to the "2013 Staff Salary Survey," released by Physicians Practice.
Here are the 14 latest hospital and physician compensation stories from the past month, starting with the most recent.
The speed at which healthcare leaders transition their organizations from a volume-based healthcare model to a value-based system differs widely. While some organizations created accountable care organizations and similar models, many others continue to operate based on volume, which remains…
Health systems have been on a physician group-acquiring frenzy in recent years anticipating more hospital referrals and ancillary service as well as better positioning for population health initiatives, but for many, that comes at a steep price.
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Medscape has released its annual report on physician compensation, and the three highest-paid specialties remain as orthopedics, cardiology and radiology for 2013.
The following 78 statistics detail the base salary, incentive/bonus/stock award compensation and total compensation of the CEOs and CFOs of the largest for-profit, acute-care hospital companies in the United States.
Salaries of IT professionals in the hospital and healthcare sector lag behind other industries, but the demand for qualified health IT employees continues to surge, according to a salary survey from InformationWeek.
At Hospital Corporation of America's annual meeting, an overwhelming amount of shareholders — roughly 98 percent — approved the pay packages of the company's top executives in a nonbinding vote.
The total average compensation for full-time anesthesiologists is roughly $456,000, and the average gross revenue per anesthesiologist is almost three times that amount.