Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen joined the board of directors for Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems in October, and it is estimated his annual compensation for serving on the board is approximately $270,000, according to a Tennessean report.
Compensation Issues
Four CEOs of non-profit New York hospitals have received at least $1 million in bonus pay in 2010, according to a New York Post report.
Urology is one of the top five highest-paying medical specialties, as average compensation in 2010 for urologists hovered around $305,000, according to Medscape's 2011 Physician Compensation Survey.
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare CEO Dean Harrison made approximately $9.7 million in total compensation in 2010, the highest of any Chicago hospital CEO, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Full-time emergency medicine physicians, a majority who are employed by hospitals, earn an average of $239,758 per year, according to the 2011 LocumTenens.com Emergency Medicine Salary Survey (pdf).
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As Porterville, Calif.-based Sierra View District Hospital narrows down its CEO search to two finalists, it is expected the salary of the new hospital leader could range between $282,000 and $394,000, according to a Porterville Recorder report.
Employees at Weslaco, Texas-based Knapp Medical Center recently lined the streets outside the hospital to protest the compensation of CEO Jim Summersett, according to a KGBT report.
From 2010 to 2011, health system base salaries increased on average by 3.1 percent, and hospital base salaries increased on average by 2.7 percent, according to a Sullivan, Cotter and Associates news release (pdf).
In 2008, full-time certified registered nurse anesthetists made an average of $163,467 per year, and in 2011, that figure is nearly $169,000, according to the 2011 LocumTenens.com CRNA Salary Survey.
Former CEO of New Smyrna, Fla.-based Bert Fish Medical Center Bob Williams is on pace to receive a $1-million buyout paid through the public hospital, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.