Base salaries for managers and executives at hospitals and health systems increased 2.5 percent on average in 2012, which is in line with other industries but slightly lower than last year's pay bump of 2.8 percent, according to a survey…
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As more hospitals and health systems form accountable care organizations in their communities, executives must align their compensation programs with the goals of the ACO, according to an article from Integrated Healthcare Strategies.
Primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients in Rhode Island, New York, California, Michigan, New Jersey and Florida may be able to breathe a little easier next year, as their Medicaid pay rates are estimated to increase more than 100…
When medical groups create physician base salaries, market salary data is still the top determinant, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2012 medical group compensation and financial survey.
The integrated Geisinger Health System, based in Danville, Pa., is something of a fiscal litmus test for hospital systems, surely keeping CFO Kevin Brennan, CPA, on his toes.
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As health insurers encourage more in-network participation from providers, they have ramped up their focus on ambulatory surgery centers that are out of network, according to Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management.
Health system CEOs garner top compensation in the healthcare sector, and the average total cash compensation a CEO would earn in the 50th percentile is more than $1.1 million, according to Mercer's 2012 integrated health networks compensation survey.
The board of directors for Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif., has approved a new contract for CEO Nancy Farber, according to a Bay Area News Group report.
The CEOs of 35 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across multiple states recorded roughly $93 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation in 2011 — or an average of $2.66 million per Blues CEO, according to an AIS Health…
Good compensation plans at hospital-owned physician practices have an adequate mix of individual- and team-oriented factors, according to an article from Integrated Healthcare Strategies.