Compensation Issues

Tenet Healthcare Corp. has announced its earnings for first quarter 2009, with a net income attributable to shareholders of $178 million, compared to a net loss of $31 million for first quarter 2008, according to a Tenet news release.

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, Ind., has announced that it will freeze employee pay and will cut executive pay by 8 percent, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

Here are statistics about the earnings and growth of registered nurses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2008-2009 Edition.

Here are five salary statistics about cardiovascular technologists and technicians.

Here are 10 interesting facts about health information management professionals based on data from American Health Information Management Association's 2008 Salary Study.

Here are statistics on the 2008 cash compensation earned by oncologists, as compared by region, according to the Integrated Healthcare Strategies 2008 Healthcare Executive Compensation Survey and supplementary IHS statistics.

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.

As hospitals, surgery centers and surgeons struggle with a Medicare payment system that reimburses at rates that are often barely high enough to break even on procedures, let alone make a profit, it is easy to overlook how reimbursement declines…

The number of Americans enrolled in health plans with high deductibles is on the rise and is expected to continue as employers look for ways to cut costs in this tough economy. This trend creates challenges for ASCs and hospitals…

A lawsuit filed in New York against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, West Penn Allegheny Health System and Pittsburgh Mercy Health System alleges that the hospital systems cheated thousands of employees out of pay for work performed outside of…