Hip and joint surgeons earned on average $59,834 in 2009, according to MGMA's Physician's Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.
Compensation Issues
Barry Jantz, CEO of Grossmont Healthcare District in La Mesa, Calif., will see his annual salary increase by nearly a $23,000 to approximately $206,000 in Dec. 2012 due to a unanimous action by the district’s board of directors, according to…
A Maine proposal that would limit health executive compensation to the governor's executive salary received an unenthusiastic response from the Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday, according to a Sun Journal report.
The following compensation disclosures were released within the past month and are organized alphabetically. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)Paul Levy, the hospital’s departing CEO who had a relationship with a female employee, will receive up to $1.6 million in…
Here are 15 statistics on invasive cardiologist compensation, based on data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey.
After being ousted by the board without cause, the former president and CEO of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., will receive nearly $1 million in severance pay, according to a San Jose Mercury News report. The hospital will…
A two-year physician fee fix expected in President Obama’s proposed budget would be financed by “squeezing” Medicare payments to physicians and hospitals and by expanding use of generic drugs in federal health programs, according to a report by the New…
Fifteen executives from non-profit or government hospitals in Washington made $1 million or more in 2009, raising questions over non-profit tax breaks, according to a KUOW report. Fourteen executives were from non-profit hospitals and one head of a government hospitals.…
The top 10 executives of Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health earned more than $5.8 million last year, according to a Gaston Gazette report. The $5.8 million includes base salaries, bonuses, benefits, healthcare, retirement and deferred pay earned in previous years but…
The gender gap in starting salaries for female physicians is widening, rising from a difference of $3,600 in 1999 to $16,819 in 2008, according to a study published in Health Affairs. The study mentioned in the report is based…