Compensation Issues

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…

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.

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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.

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.