Compensation Issues

A recent New York Times report showed that more physicians are seeking business degrees to build a foundation of skills and knowledge about the business of healthcare. Currently, there are 65 joint MD/MBA degree programs at universities compared with only…

A majority of healthcare organizations continue 100 percent of salary for executives during a short-term disability period, and the median salary replacement during a long-term disability is 60 percent, according to an Integrated Healthcare Strategies survey.

Staff, nursing and leadership wage growth percentages at hospitals and other healthcare organizations have remained steady between 2010 and 2011, according to an Integrated Healthcare Strategies survey.

CEOs at Montana's largest non-profit hospitals had varying salaries and compensation packages for fiscal years 2009 and 2010, ranging from $249,000 per year to $581,000 per year, according to a Missoulian report.

Natalie Demers, a neurodiagnostic technician at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Hospitals, is moving forward with her lawsuit over an alleged wage discrepancy between her and a male coworker with the same job, according to an Indy Week report.

Lee Memorial Health System President Jim Nathan will not accept a $30,000 raise in conjunction with the organization's decision to freeze salaries of all employees, according to a News-Press report.

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a measure that would reduce the salary cap of federally funded biomedical researchers from $199,700 per year to $165,300, a 17 percent drop, according to a Nature News report.

Along with orthopedic surgeons, radiologists were among the highest compensated physician specialists in 2010, earning an average of $350,000 per year, according to Medscape's 2011 Physician Compensation Survey.

The University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va., has instituted a new compensation system that has moved away from "fewer, broader pay grades to more, narrower grades," according to a Daily Progress report.

The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers plans to support a ballot initiative that would cap the compensation of top executives at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., according to a Mountain View Voice report.