Compensation figures for top executives have been receiving heightened attention due to high unemployment figures and spreading protests across the country, and hospital executives are not immune to the attention. Base salary increases for not-for-profit hospital executives have been hovering…
Compensation Issues
The board of directors of Erlanger at Hutcheson in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., recently voted to stop the severance payments for former President and CEO Charles Stewart, according to a Times Free Press report.
Javon Bea, president and CEO of Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System, who made roughly $3.6 million in total compensation in 2009, is defending his salary, saying it has no effect on healthcare costs, according to a Janesville Gazette report.
From 2010 to 2011, the average median hourly rate for medical directors increased 3 percent to a total average of $146.19 per hour, based on positions that were recorded in both 2010 and 2011, according to Integrated Healthcare Strategies' 2011…
Here are 13 statistics on urologist compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.
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Some executives of Southwest Ohio hospital and health systems recorded compensation packages in the millions in 2009 and 2010, with one of the highest payments topping $4.6 million, according to a Middletown Journal report.
In October, the AAPC released its 2011 Salary Survey (pdf), and the results indicated that salaries are on the rise for coders, especially those with more post-secondary education and professional development certifications.
Health insurer UnitedHealth Group recorded the highest CEO-to-worker pay ratio of the 50 largest companies in the United States of 1,737-to-1, according to a report from Payscale.
As Phillipsburg, Pa.-based Warren Hospital prepares to merge with St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa., current Warren Hospital President and CEO Thomas Litz is expected to retain his current salary of $410,000, according to an Express-Times report.
Former CEO Allen Johnson left the Montgomery County Hospital District in Conroe, Texas, this past January, and his base salary at the time was $165,000, according to a Courier of Montgomery County report.