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."
Compensation Issues
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.
Ted Sirotta has served as CFO of Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., for the past six years, and he was recently honored as a "forward-thinking" CFO.
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Physician signing bonuses, once a treat, are almost a foregone conclusion now as roughly 80 percent of physician recruiting assignments Merritt Hawkins conducted in 2011 and 2012 involved signing bonuses.
At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, a roundtable discussed "The Best Ideas Now: Key Ways to Improve Physician Owned Hospital Profits." The panel included Larry Teuber, MD president of Medical…
Although some hospitals and other healthcare organizations scaled back overall physician recruiting efforts during the recession and now slow economic recovery, there are several high-demand specialties that attracted higher average income offers last year, according to the Merritt Hawkins "2012…
Women continue to be paid less than men in most industries, including healthcare, but a new analysis finds that between physicians and physician assistants, it might make more financial sense for women to skip medical school and choose to become…
Of the 50 top-paid government employees in the Chattanooga, Tenn., area, nine worked at the public Erlanger Health System, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.