A new bill in the Oklahoma legislature seeks to reduce rural hospitals' costs for physicians' on-call duties by giving the physicians a tax credit, according to a report by the Enid (Okla.) News.
Compensation Issues
Here are the 10 states with the highest numbers of employed anesthesiologists, along with the number of anesthesiologists and their average hourly and annual salaries, according to May 2008 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics survey.
Some gynecologists in the Columbus area are dropping Medicare patients due to low payments, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch.
Hospitals in the Dayton, Ohio, area froze pay for CEOs last year but raised pay for employees, according to a report by the Dayton Daily News.
Boston-based Partners HealthCare has limited the pay its physicians can receive from drug, device and other outside companies, according to a report by the New York Times.
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SSM Health Care has paid $1.7 million in back wages to nurses for work done during unpaid meal breaks, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Labor, which negotiated the payment after an investigation.
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas has elected Sharon Ellis as its new vice president and CFO, according to a TSRHC news release.
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WellPoint, which operates as UniCare in Illinois and Texas, said that it will end service in both states, leaving 580,000 members to find new health coverage, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., has named Keith Doughty as its new director of finance, according to a report by the Daily Times.