Compensation Issues

Jackson Health System, a public hospital system that primarily serves Miami's indigent population, could lay off 4,487 employees — more than a third of its workforce — and close two satellite hospitals, according to a story in The Miami Herald.

Here are 15 salary statistics about the compensation of anesthesiologists.

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Craig Kinyon, CEO of 228-bed Reid Hospital in Richmond, Ind., told a chamber of commerce meeting that businesses and other private payors are spending millions to subsidize Medicare and Medicaid shortfalls, according to a report by the Palladium-Item.

WellPoint explained why it wants to increase rates as much as 39 percent for individual insurance at its California subsidiary, Anthem Blue Cross, in a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

Researchers from the Canary Islands have developed a computerized system to regulate the level of anesthesia given during surgical operations.

Over 26 percent of physicians responding to a post on Sermo, the world's largest online community of physicians, said they have either been forced to close or are considering closing their solo practices, according to a Sermo news release.

Los Angeles County is cutting reimbursements to on-call specialists treating poor, uninsured patients at private hospitals in the county, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.

Following an 11 percent drop in health plan membership in 2009, Humana this year plans to cut a net of 1,400 positions, or 5 percent, according to a release from Humana.

Here are regional and historical salary statistics about the average salaries of anesthesiologists, according to Forbes.