Donald Nestor, the former COO of non-profit Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, received $8.2 million in salary, bonus and other compensation after his retirement in Jan. 2009, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
Compensation Issues
Two CEOs from the healthcare industry fell in the top 10 CEO compensations in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal CEO Compensation Study conducted by management-consulting firm Hay Group.
Various hospitals across the country are doling out pay raises to staff members, even as some still struggle financially, according to reports.
The average primary care physician may face financial difficulties for 3-5 years after residency, with expenses exceeding income forcing the physician to delay savings and cut expenses, according to a study in the Nov. 2010 issue of Academic Medicine.
Here are 10 statistics about compensation paid to top management officials of non-profit hospitals, as well as the percentage of non-profit hospitals reporting a written compensation policy, according to the Internal Revenue Service's Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report.
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Florida's Attorney General will ask a judge to decide whether the separation packages paid to eight former Wuesthoff Health System executives following its rescue-sale to Health Management Associates must be publicized, according to a Florida Today report.
The board of Tarrant County Hospital District in Fort Worth, Texas, has awarded CEO and president Robert Earley a $50,000 raise, according to a Star-Telegram report.
Self-employed urologists are more likely to order x-rays, ultrasounds and diagnostic imaging tests than employed urologists on salary, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School published in the Journal of Urology.
Here are 13 statistics about compensation of the five highest-paid medical specialties, according to MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.
Christopher Rinn, Jersey City Medical Center's executive director of emergency medical services and governmental affairs, has been named assistant commissioner of health for the state of New Jersey, according to a Jersey Journal report.