Kern County supervisors voted Jan. 18 to launch an investigation into Kern Health Systems, following a recent vote by the board to award CEO Carol Sorrell a $42,000 raise, according to a Bakersfield report.
Compensation Issues
Officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are not disclosing whether or not resigning CEO Paul Levy will receive severance pay, according to a piece by Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory. BIDMC filings with the Internal Revenue Service…
"Transparency" and "accountability" are the key words for non-profit hospital CEO compensation in the next few years. Christian Britton, an associate with PRM Consulting Group, discusses three trends hospital compensation committees should expect as they move into 2011 and beyond.
One year after Kern Health Systems CEO Carol Sorrell received a controversial $13,000 raise, the health system board voted 5-4 to raise her salary by $42,000 on Thursday, according to a Bakersfield report.
Here are five healthcare compensation controversies from the last several months.
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Physicians employed by hospitals and health systems could experience a 2.3 percent increase in base salary in 2011, according to a survey by management consulting firm Hay Group.
The firing of Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health’s president and CEO, Phillip Schaengold, may cost the hospital $900,000, according to a Savannah Morning News report. The board has yet to reach an agreement with Mr. Schaengold on a financial package…
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Ralph DiPisa, partner with healthcare executive recruiting firm Phillips DiPisa, discusses six questions that determine the right time for an executive to leave a hospital or health system.
The president of University of California says the system is under no legal obligation to raise the pensions of its highest-paid executives — including the CEO of UC San Francisco Medical Center — and it’s too expensive to do so,…