Larry Anderson, CEO of Tri-City Medical Center, a public hospital district in Oceanside, Calif., may receive another raise this fall, but a salary study showed his compensation is already in the 74th percentile of CEO pay at other similarly sized…
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The average salaries of obstetricians and gynecologists dropped somewhat from 2010 to 2011, and the mean salary averaged around $220,000, according to Medscape's "OB/GYN Compensation Report: 2012 Results."
Healthcare employees are expected to see modest pay raises of 2.6 percent in 2013, which is less than other industries, but healthcare executives are expected to benefit the most, according to a CNN Money report.
Here are the 10 latest hospital executive and physician compensation stories of the past month, starting with the most recent.
As the healthcare environment begins to move into the hands of a younger generation from the baby boomers, new compensation models should be considered, according to an article from Integrated Healthcare Strategies.
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Central Ohio plays home to several major hospitals and health systems, and each CEO of those organizations made more than $800,000 in total compensation last year, according to a Columbus Business First report.
Out of the top 20 recruited physician specialties from April 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012, a majority saw an increase in offered salaries, according to the Merritt Hawkins "2012 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives."
A proposed bill in California that would require local healthcare districts to have written, transparent compensation contracts with their hospital CEOs is making its way through the Senate after it received unanimous support in the Assembly.
Hospital boards and compensation committees that have a written total compensation philosophy explaining the rationale for executive pay could help hospitals make better decisions and improve transparency, according to "Governance for Health Care Providers: The Call to Leadership," a healthcare…
Nearly one out of ten employers plan to drop health coverage for employees in the next three years because of rising medical costs, according to a new Deloitte survey reported in the Los Angeles Times.