It's no secret many organizations have projected a major shortage of primary care physicians that will stretch into the 2020s, and recruiting those physicians has become a majority priority for hospitals and health systems.
Compensation Issues
It is no secret that the compensation packages of healthcare executives are being criticized by community activists and the media. In today's age of instant access to information, with a point-and-click anyone can view the compensation of top executives in…
In fiscal year 2011, three executives at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic earned more than $1 million, with President and CEO John Noseworthy, MD, making the most at $2 million, according to Mayo's most recent Form 990, which was accessed through…
Last week, Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America released its proxy disclosure with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which showed CEO Richard Bracken earned more than $46.3 million last year. However, base salaries for Mr. Bracken and other primary…
During fiscal year 2012, Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark doled out more than $6 million to pay three different CEOs, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
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The 73 percent pay raise for primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be delayed, according to an article in Forbes.
In fiscal year 2012, Richard Bracken, chairman and CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, recorded total compensation exceeding $46.3 million — one of the highest, single-year amounts ever doled out to a for-profit hospital executive.
Earlier this week, Cleveland Clinic formed a major strategic alliance with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems. The top executives of the non-profit Cleveland Clinic have made several bold, strategic decisions over the years, and as a result, many have seven-figure…
A measure that would cap executive compensation at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., may fall before it hits the courtroom, as the primary defendant has been unable to find pro bono legal services, according to a Los Altos…
The six- and seven-figure salaries of hospital and health system CEOs have made big headlines in the past year, from journalist Steven Brill's investigative piece in TIME magazine to local residents voting to cap executive pay at El Camino Hospital…