Compensation Issues

Average per diem payments of emergency on-call coverage vary widely across medical specialties, from a low of $240 to a high of $2,710, according to data from MD Ranger's Physician Contract Benchmark Report.

Robert Levine, the former CEO of the now closed Peninsula Hospital, is seeking more than $1.2 million from the New York City facility in bankruptcy court, according to a New York Daily News report.

Compensation for executives of Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems has not wavered much over the past three years as the for-profit hospital operator has treaded in financially dangerous waters, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The more money there is to manage, the more a CEO gets paid. This common adage in the business world applies to the non-profit hospital world as well. Here are 24 statistics from a 2009 IRS non-profit hospital compensation report…

Five cardiac electrophysiologists within the Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, received bonuses last year of more than $1 million each, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

With an average income of $250,000, many emergency physicians say they are generally happy with their career choice, according to Medscape's 2011 Physician Compensation Survey.

A few years ago, the Internal Revenue Service surveyed 544 non-profit hospitals on an array of financial measures, including executive compensation. Here are 20 statistics from the 2009 IRS report based on 2007 data on non-profit hospital CEO pay, categorized…

Urologists in private practice continue to earn higher salaries than those in academic positions, according to a Modern Medicine report. Among academics, pay varies by geographic location and department rank.

Last year, total compensation for Gary Newsome, president and CEO of Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, increased 11.3 percent, from $6.38 million in 2010 to $7.11 million in 2011, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

In 2011, Wayne Smith, president and CEO of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, made more than $21.58 million in total compensation, an increase from the $20.96 million he made in 2010, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange…