Compensation Issues

South County Hospital in Wakefield, R.I., laid off 20 employees and reduced the salaries of the hospital’s top seven administrators by 5 percent, according to a report by The Providence Journal.

The New Milford (Conn.) Hospital announced that it will implement cost-saving measures, citing low year-to-date patient volumes, according to a report in The New Milford Times.

Here is an analysis of the reported average and median total compensation for the top management official in nonprofit hospitals by hospital revenue, according to the IRS's Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report.

Here is an analysis of the reported average and median total compensation for the top management official in nonprofit hospitals by community type, according to the IRS's Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report.

Here is an analysis of the reported average and median salary and other compensation for the top management official in nonprofit hospitals by hospital revenue, according to the IRS's Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report.

Here is an analysis of the reported average and median salary and other compensation for the top management official in nonprofit hospitals by community type, according to the IRS's Exempt Organizations Hospital Compliance Project Final Report.

The IRS released the results of its Exempt Organizations Hospital Study, which reviewed the executive compensation practices of more than 500 nonprofit hospitals.

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced that it will institute a hiring freeze due to the current economic situation, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

Here are the 2008 median base salaries for hospital and health system CEOs and CFOs, according to the Integrated Healthcare Strategies 2008 Healthcare Executive Compensation Survey.

Here are the median hourly earnings of some of the largest occupations in hospitals, according to May 2006 statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.