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.
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Performance-Based Compensation for Anesthesiologists: Benchmarking, Monitoring and Improving Quality
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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.
Out of all the non-profit organizations in Eastern Tennessee, executive compensation is highest at hospitals and health systems, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.
From 2001 to 2011, the prevalence of long-term incentive plans for non-profit hospital CEOs increased from 39 percent of organizations to 45 percent, according to a report from healthcare compensation firm Integrated Healthcare Strategies.
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Michael Tarwater, CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System, earned more than $4.2 million in total compensation in 2011, an increase of more than 13 percent from 2010, according to a Charlotte Observer report.
The average annual pay for a Houston-based anesthesiologist is $221,120, the highest-paying healthcare profession in the city, according to an analysis of 2010 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the Houston Business Journal.
Based on figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest salaries for healthcare practitioners and healthcare support staff are in California and Alaska, according to a Business Journal report.
Two retiring executives at Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System — CFO John Fletcher and Vice President of Operations Beverly Ranzenberger — will earn lump sum retirement payments of more than $1 million each, according to a Monterey County Herald…
The board of trustees at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center ratified a new three-year contract for CEO John Lucas, MD, which includes an annual salary of $430,000, according to a Wyoming Tribune Eagle report.