Nearly 20 executives associated with Oregon hospital earned more than $1 million in 2009, according to a report from The Lund Report.
Compensation Issues
A survey by Merritt Hawkins found the majority of physicians receive compensation based on volume and not quality, despite health reform legislation's focus on quality and cost efficiency, according to a Merritt Hawkins news release.
The Massachusetts Senate has passed legislation limiting the compensation for board members of non-profit organizations, which include several large health insurers in the state, according to an Epoch Times report.
The all-in cost of a full-time direct care hospital registered nurse is on average $98,000 each year or $45 per hour, according to results from KPMG's 2011 U.S. Hospital Nursing Labor Costs Study.
A recent survey by McKinsey found that 30 percent of employers "definitely" or "probably" plan to stop offering employer-sponsored health insurance after 2014, when subsidized health insurance through exchanges will be offered to Americans as mandated by the Affordable Care…
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A board member of the Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System has said former CEO Sam Downing earned his $4.9 million in special retirement pay, according to a Californian report.
Research presented at the American Academy of Physician Assistants' 39th Annual PA Meeting showed that male physician assistants earn more than their female counterparts, according to a Clinical Advisor report.
In the last decade, physicians have increasingly expected their affiliated hospitals to provide compensation for on-call coverage, payments that vary by region, physician specialty and local provider shortages. Here are five trends affecting physician on-call compensation in hospitals.
Data from Equilar show hospital executives are among Tennessee's highest earners, whose average pay increased 24 percent, according to a Tennessean report.
Six non-profit hospitals and health systems in the Jacksonville, Fla., area awarded their CEOs an average of $628,000 in 2009, according to a Florida Times-Union report.