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.
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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.
Average weekly travel nurse pay in January in the U.S. varied across states compared to the month prior, according to a report shared with Becker's from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.
The average weekly travel nurse pay in January in the U.S. was $3,077, down 20.49 percent from $3,870 during the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.
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Mount Airy, N.C.-based Northern Regional Hospital is experimenting with on-demand pay benefits for employees as part of its recruitment and retention efforts.
After two years of exponential rises in average pay for travel nurses due to workforce shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in patients hospitalized from the virus and its subsequent variants, average travel pay trends declined last…
January brought numerous headlines of pay cuts for CEOs at America's largest companies, a call for which has intensified in healthcare.
Many hospitals and health systems are raising their minimum wage for employees to recognize their team's contributions and remain competitive in a high-demand market.
Winston, Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health will raise its minimum wage from $15 per hour to $17 per hour, effective March 3.