Eighteen executives across Connecticut's 30 hospitals received more than $1 million in total compensation in 2010, and seven of those 18 have since retired or are currently retiring from their roles, according to a report from The Hartford Courant and…
Compensation Issues
Hospital and health system executive compensation is affected by several factors in the healthcare industry, including a greater focus on quality and patient satisfaction, as well as consumers' increasing involvement in their healthcare. As healthcare organizations face the uncertainty of…
Although many executives at the eight largest for-profit hospital companies experienced increases in total compensation in 2011 compared with 2010, base salaries did not fluctuate much.
Nurse salaries increased in the past year following a surge in demand for the profession, according to a UBM Medica survey of more than 1,260 medical practices.
Some medical schools are condensing courses and cutting time off from school in an effort to cut the cost of earning a medical degree and encourage more students to take up primary care, according to an American Medical News report.
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Physician compensation plans for hospital-employed physicians are always centered around "reasonableness" and fair market value, but there are some common practices hospitals can use to build up to those decisions, according to an article from Integrated Healthcare Strategies.
There are roughly 1,327 critical access hospitals in the United States, and due to their unique classifications, compensation issues are not always cut-and-dried.
California's Assembly Committee on Local Government approved a bill that would prohibit taxpayer-funded healthcare districts from giving lavish pay packages and perquisites to their top executives, according to a Bay Citizen report.
Newly recruited physicians offer a lot of potential for hospitals, especially as the scramble for physician practices ensues. Physicians are able to support the hospital's mission of providing quality care across a broad spectrum of specialties, and they are able…
After learning the board of city-owned Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs, Colo., approved a $1 million severance package for outgoing CEO Larry McEvoy, MD, the city council issued an ultimatum, saying the health system's board members should either voluntarily…