The combination of high medical school debt and relatively low pay is steering many young physicians away from general internal medicine, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Mark D. Schwartz, an internist and lead author…
Compensation Issues
In a survey of 22 specialties, cardiologists ranked at the bottom when it came to compensation satisfaction, with only 46 percent feeling they were fairly compensated, according to the Medscape Cardiology Compensation Report 2011. About 40 percent of cardiologists in…
The executive director of the Hawaii Government Employees Association claims nurses in Hawaii are seeing a large gap between public and private sector pay, according to a Honolulu Civil Beat report. The salary for an entry-level public-system nurse in Hawaii…
Total compensation costs for hospital employees crept up 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2011, an increase slightly below that of all private industry workers, according to a HealthLeadersMedia report.
Here are 15 statistics on median annual salary of various physician specialties, based on data from the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2011.
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Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) has requested a special audit of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, following a disclosure that revealed former CEO Sam Downing received a $3.9 million retirement package, according to a Californian report.
A study published in the May issue of the Annals of Surgery identified the ability to provide quality care, time with patients, income and financial incentives as having a significant positive impact on career satisfaction.
Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System officials are defending the retirement package offered to outgoing president and CEO Sam Downing, who officially leaves his post on Saturday, according to a Monterey Herald report.
A report by SullivanCotter, a consulting firm with expertise in healthcare executive compensation, reveals how the healthcare reform law may affect executives' benefits agreements.
Mounting criticisms of retirement pay for the CEO of the Salinas, Calif., public hospital district highlight the role of "supplemental" payments on top of basic retirement benefits, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.