The decision by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board members to suspend their payments will do little to fix soaring healthcare costs, according to a Boston Globe report.
Compensation Issues
Despite facing a $54 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year, the University of Massachusetts raised the salary of UMass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins, MD, by more than $60,000 a year, according to a Telegram and Gazette…
Here are 17 statistics on hospitalist workload, pay and benefits. Data shown here is a sample of findings from from the 2010 Today's Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey.
Newspaper headlines regularly report the compensation of local hospital CEOs in scathing terms. Hospital leaders are criticized for accepting bonuses while their employees suffer job cuts, or community members react with dismay at the six-figure salaries earned by their "non-profit"…
While New York City hospitals look to improve profits by increasing patient costs and cutting services, one area remains seemingly untouched: executive salaries.
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Academic faculty physicians in primary and specialty care reported slight increases in compensation between 2009 and 2010, according to an MGMA survey.
Data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates.
A proposed bill that has already been approved by the New Jersey Senate would require the state's five for-profit hospitals to make financial statements, salaries and benefits of hospital board members and officers available to the public, according to a…
The University of Cincinnati has agreed to pay $900,000 in severance to David Stern, MD, its top healthcare official, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report. Dr. Stern, an internist, has been on leave for the last several months as dean…
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney has started his review of compensation paid to leaders of the state's 24 non-profit hospitals, according to a Union Leader report.