Compensation Issues

Remote work is saving workers thousands of dollars per year, Fortune reported Feb. 21. 

Nurses and other workers at hospitals and health systems have secured large raises recently amid contract negotiations with unions. Others have secured raises through minimum wage increases. Below is a breakdown of the raises, as reported by Becker's since Jan.…

The number of 'overpaid' CEOs leading large companies that intersect with healthcare decreased in the past year, falling from 17 to 10, based on the most recent annual report from nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.

Nonprofit hospital systems are defending the pay their executives receive after a report released by North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell on Feb. 15 found that the systems paid top executives more than $1.75 billion in the past decade, doubling CEO…

A proposed bill in California would require a healthcare worker minimum wage of $25 per hour.

Congress' $1.7 trillion omnibus package, passed in December, kept a 2 percent Medicare reimbursement cut to physicians in 2023, and 2024 may bring at least another 1.25 percent cut.

In recent months, Becker's has reported on travel nurses' pay in the U.S., based on reports shared by Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace. The following is a month-over-month breakdown showing how pay has fared.

The contracted CEO and CFO of El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center could have been paid up to $180,000 per month before resigning in January, Inewsource, a local nonprofit newsroom, reported Feb. 7. 

Jon Foster, who was recently promoted to executive vice president and COO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, will see a salary bump in connection with the new role, according to a Jan. 30 Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Registered nurses in the U.S. make an average of $82,750 annually and have a mean hourly wage of $39.78, though these figures vary greatly by state.