Among 40 of the most common hospital departments, physicians within medical-surgical departments ranked as the most satisfied with their pay, according to a study by HR Solutions.
Compensation Issues
Healthcare attorneys who represent University of Pittsburgh Medical Center physicians said many of their clients think their salaries could get cut if UPMC does not renew its contract with health insurer Highmark, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
As hospitals around the country cut labor and hours, some service workers at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., have actually raked in more than $80,000 in overtime pay last year, according to a New York Daily News report.
Here are eight recent stories on hospital executive compensation that occurred in the past few weeks, starting with the most recent.
The 2009 American Medical Group Association's survey on medical group compensation listed the median salary for neurologists at $236,500, but that figure was a shade lower for neurologists in 2010, according to Medscape's 2011 Physician Compensation Survey.
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More than 23,000 nurses at Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health hospitals in Northern and Central California organized a one-day strike last September over contract negotiations; yet an investigation of records by the San Francisco Chronicle shows both nurses and executives…
Fiscal year 2010 was the last year Boston-based Caritas Christi filled out its Form 990s as a non-profit organization, and compensation pay has been posted on its top executives from that year, according to Massachusetts state documents (pdf).
Exeter Health Resources, parent company of Exeter (N.H.) Hospital, cited it made reductions in executive compensation prior to the layoffs of 110 full-time equivalent positions within its system, according to a Seacoast report.
As of late, there has been heightened scrutiny around the salaries and compensation packages of non-profit hospital executives. After a report was released on the pay packages of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System's top executives — ranking it in the top 25…
John Merski Jr., executive director of human resources for MedHQ, shares six steps that ambulatory surgery center leaders should take in creating a compensation plan for each ASC employee. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on Mr. Merski’s…