House Republicans sent a counterproposal to the White House today that would avoid the "fiscal cliff," proposing a $4.6 trillion deficit reduction that would increase the eligibility age for Medicare beneficiaries, among other provisions.
Compensation Issues
Here are the 11 latest hospital executive and physician compensation stories from the past month, starting with the most recent.
Hospital boards may be wondering why hospital executive compensation continues to rise despite the fact salaries in the rest of the economy are stagnating. According to David Bjork, senior vice president and senior adviser at Integrated Healthcare Strategies, executive pay…
The American Gastroenterological Association is scheduled to hold a "virtual advocacy campaign" where AGA members will contact members of Congress and ask them to stop looming reimbursement and research cuts, according to a news release.
For-profit hospital operators need to ensure their compensation advisers do not have conflicts of interest within their companies, and those rules also apply to non-profit health systems, according to an article in a Governance Institute (pdf) newsletter.
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A new report released by the president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association says the medical device excise tax scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2013, would add another 29 percent per year in taxes to the amount…
Sixty-nine percent of Americans want President Barack Obama to prioritize lowering healthcare costs during his second term, according to a post-election survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.
Physicians' earnings have grown slower than the earnings of other care providers since 1987, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Physicians in hospitals, medical groups and other provider organizations can expect to see a 2.6 percent increase in salaries next year, according to consulting firm Hay Group's 2012 physician compensation survey.
The board of directors at Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center has approved a 4 percent salary raise and a one-time 20 percent bonus to CEO Larry Anderson, according to a North County Times report.