Compensation Issues

A recent survey conducted by Integrated Healthcare Strategies, a leading healthcare compensation consulting firm, indicates that salary increases for healthcare executives will be lower in 2009 than in 2008. In this time of concern about declining rates of reimbursement, decreasing…

A report by the Medical Group Management Association found that compensation for on-call coverage varies greatly by facility type, specialty, region and group size, according to an MGMA news release.

Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Ga., will cut $30 million in costs without laying off workers, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., announced that it will be cutting 25 jobs and freezing salaries as a result of the current economic situation, according to a report in The Tennessean.

An obscure 1986 law continues to vex hospitals as they struggle to provide the on-call coverage for emergency rooms the law requires and elicit the support of physicians struggling with many of the same issues.

St. Vincent Health System, based in Little Rock, Ark., is planning to cut 200 filled and unfilled positions by June, according to a report by KARK 4 News.

Officials from six Ohio hospitals told a state House subcommittee that Governor Ted Strickland's two-year budget proposal could lead to cuts in jobs, income tax revenue and medical services, according to a report by MedCity News.

Bristol (Conn.) Hospital has stopped accepting United Healthcare Insurance, according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

New York City's public hospital system announced that it will be cutting 400 jobs and closing children's mental-health programs, pharmacies and community clinics, according to a report by the New York Times.

Here are 10 statistics about the earnings and employment of medical and health services managers across the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2008-09 Edition.