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Compensation Issues

New Jefferson Healthcare superintendent CEO Mike Glenn will earn a base salary of $225,000 a year, making him the highest paid public administrator in Jefferson County, Wash., according to a Port Townsend Leader report.

Here are nine statistics about compensation of physician extenders, including nurse practitioners, CRNAs and physician assistants, based on data collected between July 2009 and June 2010, according to The Delta Companies' Healthcare Recruiting Standard 2nd Quarter 2010.

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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.

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