Sixteen U.S. Senators have signed a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calling for a review of Medicare payments for anesthesia services as possibly misvalued, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists and a copy of the letter.
Compensation Issues
Many healthcare experts predict that physician shortages and increased patient load will mean increased use of physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals. Here are eight statistics about compensation of physician assistants based on May 2009 data, according…
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Here are statistics on the average ASA status for the top orthopedic procedure in ASCs by CMS region, according to Genascis.
Physicians dominated CNBC's 2010 list of the highest-paying jobs in the United States, with surgeons, anesthesiologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists and obstetricians and gynecologists making up the top five, according to a CNBC report.
CEOs and presidents of many Baltimore-area nonprofit hospitals receive seven-figure salaries, country club memberships and tax and financial planning services as part of their total compensation, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
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CEOs of health insurance giants Cigna, Humana, Aetna, Coventry and WellPoint made between $10 and $18 million each last year, according to a St. Louis Today report.
Here are 10 statistics about compensation of healthcare executives, based on 2009 data, according to the 2009 AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.
Executives at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas may receive $2.8 million in incentive pay next year if they can find a way to boost the hospital's bottom line by at least $20.6 million, according to a Dallas News report.
A pay-for-performance program implemented at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass., resulted in faster turnaround times for final radiology reports, according to a Bioscience Technology report.
Here are 10 statistics on compensation of chief medical information/informatics officers based on 2009 data, according to the CMIO 2010 Compensation Survey.