Here are five findings on compensation trends for primary care physicians. 1. Primary care physicians reported an increase in median compensation from 2009, whereas anesthesiologists, gastroenterologists and radiologists reported a decrease in the same time span. 2. A June study…
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From January through June, Cleveland-based MetroHealth System reportedly paid a consultant $240,000 to perform the duties of the former hospital controller, who was paid $105,000 annually, according to a Plain Dealer report. The news report says MetroHealth pays Stephany Neel,…
The median compensation for practice management professionals has remained steady from 2009-2010, according to a news release from Medical Group Management Association. Some professionals reported small increases in compensation, such as business service directors, who reported a 5.7 increase to…
Healthcare reform legislation, including changes in requirements for tax-exempt hospitals and initiatives by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for coordinated care, may change how hospital leaders are compensated. While these changes do not directly affect hospital compensation, they…
Sharon Kelley, former CFO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, is still on the system's payroll with full pay and benefits guaranteed for up to one year despite having resigned in June, according to a Plain Dealer report.
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Here is a list of 15 statistics from recent healthcare compensation surveys, beginning with data about healthcare executives and ending with data about physicians.
Despite a possible physician shortage in the coming years, female physicians remain underpaid compared to male physicians. Data published by the Medical Group Management Association in 2010 and a study published in Health Affairs in Feb., 2011 both found male…
Of surveyed hospital executives, 11.4 percent reported that neither their salary nor bonus is tied to accepted benchmarks or stated goals for quality of care and/or patient safety, according to a report by the U.S. News & World Report.
Richard Waltman, MD, a physician at Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System, proposed that senior staff, including the CEO, cut their salary by 10 percent to prevent the planned layoff of up to 350 employees, according to a News Tribune report.
A PayScale report shows wages for full-time employees in the healthcare and social assistance industry were relatively stable in the second quarter of 2011, according to a PayScale news release.