The compensation gap between specialty physicians and primary care physicians continues to grow, as family medicine physicians earned about two-and-a-half times less than interventional diagnostic radiologists, according to a Washington Post report.
Compensation Issues
In 2010, eight executives and physician leaders from 15 non-profit hospitals in New York's Lower Hudson Valley earned more than $1 million in salary, bonuses and total compensation, according to a Journal News (pdf) report.
Cleveland Clinic employees are now eligible for partial refunds of their health insurance premiums, which increased 21 percent this year, according to a Plain Dealer report.
In response to a potential ballot measure to cap the pay of executives at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital, the administration has said the executive compensation is on par with industry standards, according to a San Jose Mercury News…
The Service Employees International Union — United Healthcare Workers West has officially launched an effort that would cap the compensation of the nine top executives at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., according to a San Jose Mercury News…
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Primary care physicians have historically been compensated less than specialists in overall salary and benefits, and the same trend holds true when it comes to average compensation to collections ratios, according to the Medical Group Management Association's Physician Compensation and…
Signing bonuses are on the rise, as 88 percent of placed physicians received a signing bonus in 2011, according to a report from The Medicus Firm.
As Providence, R.I., approaches bankruptcy, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island said the city's non-profit hospitals cannot necessarily contribute funds to the budget even though some top executives are paid seven figures, according to a WPRI report.
Performance-Based Compensation for Anesthesiologists: Benchmarking, Monitoring and Improving Quality
Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…
Of the three main corporate healthcare sectors — hospital, long-term care and home health — the top human resource executive has the highest average salary at hospitals, according to a survey from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service.