The income crisis among primary care physicians will lead to a physician shortage in upcoming years, just as patient loads are set to increase, according to a Time report.
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Base executive salaries increased an average of 2.9 percent for health systems and 2.6 percent for hospitals from 2009-2010, according to data from the 2010 Survey of Manager and Executive Compensation in Hospitals and Health Systems by healthcare consulting firm…
Compensation for practice management professionals remained static since last year, according to MGMA's Management Compensation Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data, according to an MGMA release.
David Grogan, chair of the board of directors at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, N.C., said the board supports the compensation package of hospital CEO Ed Rush, following a letter from Statesville law clerk Brian Chapman that called the compensation…
In the wake of healthcare reform, one thing is certain — by 2014, 32 million additional Americans are going to have health insurance, and someone will need to take care of them.
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A gender discrimination suit filed by Lorri Sue Wildi, former vice president of operations of Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights, Pa., has been settled out of court, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
Here are eight statistics about compensation of anesthesiologists from 2006-2010, based on 2010 data, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.
Here are the five medical specialties with the highest average gains in income offers between 2008/9 and 2009/10, based on data from Merritt Hawkins' 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.
Part B of the 2010 Medicare trustees report has projected an annual spending growth of only 5.3 percent over the next five years, assuming scheduled physician pay cuts occur starting on Dec. 1, according to an American Medical News report.
According to 2009 data from the MGMA Physician and Compensation Production Survey: 2010 Report, orthopedic surgeons specializing in sports medicine make an average annual salary of $599,759, over $100,000 more a year than orthopedic surgeons who specialize in foot and…