Bill Carpenter, chairman and CEO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals, made $8.96 million in fiscal year 2012 — a 16 percent increase from $7.73 million he earned in 2011, according to a proxy disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities and…
Compensation Issues
Bill Walker, CEO of Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga., recently received a 3 percent salary hike and a 10 percent bonus, according to a Post-Searchlight report.
On-call rates for physicians vary depending on specialty, and surgical specialists usually receive on-call pay that is eight times higher than primary care physicians, according to a recent compensation survey from MGMA.
Twenty CEOs of Chicago-based hospitals and health systems made at least $1 million in total compensation in 2011, making Chicagoland hospital executives among the highest-paid in the nation, according to a Crain Chicago's Business report.
In February, the board of directors of Phoenix-based Maricopa Integrated Health System approved a $125,000 raise for CEO Betsey Bayless, and the decision has drawn ire from some community stakeholders, according to an Arizona Republic report.
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Of the roughly 662 non-profit organizations in Pennsylvania that provide some type of health or human services, more than half reported individuals earning at least $100,000 per year, and acute-care hospitals were among the primary organizations with the highest-paid employees,…
Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health fired its President and CEO Randall Kelley yesterday, and the former executive could be reaping a severance package of almost $1.2 million, according to a Gaston Gazette report.
Non-profit hospital executive salaries are again under the critical eye of top Connecticut officials, as the state's top budget chief called seven-figure hospital salaries excessive, according to a Journal Inquirer report.
Gastroenterologists have been one of the highest-compensated, nonsurgical physician specialties as of late, as their median pay has risen almost 4 percent in each of the past few years.
A variety of factors impact physician compensation, and according to a recent survey from MGMA, there are significant differences in how physicians are paid in academic settings versus private practice and integrated delivery systems.