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Compensation Issues

Here are seven statistics on anesthesiologist compensation from May 2009 figures, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-2011 Edition.

Hospitals are no longer regularly giving raises for everyone in top management. Ron Seifert, executive compensation practice leader for the Hay Group in Philadelphia, says hospitals are being very conservative about raises.

While many hospitals have temporarily frozen executive salaries, a few have gone a step further and actually cut them.When a hospital has to lay off workers, an executive pay cut sends employees a message more eloquently than words that the…

As more hospitals are being sold, top hospital executives need to make sure they have "change of control" agreements in place, says Paul Creasy, a partner in Organizational Consulting Group in Avon, Ohio. The agreement, also known as a "golden…

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A study by the Hay Group revealed turnover of hospital executives in healthcare institutions has decreased dramatically, despite salary growth continuing to slow, according to a Hay Group news release.

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…

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