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Compensation Issues

The 2011 Healthcare Financial Management Compensation Survey showed the average annual compensation for healthcare CFOs reached $224,500, up 7 percent from the past two years, according to an AllBusiness report.

Retirement benefits have a wide range from physician specialty to physician specialty. According to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data," retirement benefits vary from a low of $10,567 to a…

Hospital executive compensation is largely based on comparisons with similar positions in similar organizations. Hospital leaders need to distinguish themselves through performance and negotiate with the board to increase their earning power. Jim Nelson, a managing principal of SullivanCotter, and…

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Hospitalists had the greatest average annual compensation in the South, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."

Hand and foot surgeons earned more when they were in a single specialty practice than a multispecialty practice, and more when they weren't employed by hospitals, according to the Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

The compensation of hospital system CEOs in Columbus, Ohio, differs by approximately $1 million, according to a Columbus Business First report. According to the latest available data from 2009, the highest paid chief in the city was Dave Blom, CEO…

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