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Compensation Issues

Larry Anderson, CEO of Tri-City Medical Center and Tri-City Healthcare District in Oceanside, Calif., will receive a $15,000 salary raise, making it his second raise in the past 13 months, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.

The average salary of staff nurses in 2011 was $67,800, up $1,400 from 2010, according to the annual salary survey from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

Most experts agree that advanced practice clinicians — nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinical providers who have advanced training in their fields — will play key roles in delivering medical care in our evolving healthcare system.

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Mike Duggan, CEO of Detroit Medical Center has extended his contract with Vanguard Health Systems, and will receive a new base pay rate of $974,500, according to Detroit Free Press report.

The average median hourly rate for medical directors increased 3 percent to a total average of $146.19 per hour from 2010 to 2011, according to Integrated Healthcare Strategies' 2011 Medical Director Survey, but the position that witnessed the largest hourly…

The number of independent anesthesiology practices greatly surpasses the number of hospital-owned practices, and the salary of those anesthesiologists differ as well, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."

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