Oklahoma teachers and state employees covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma will see a premium increase of up to 140 percent, but parties are saying they can't justify the price hike.
Compensation Issues
Humana settled a lawsuit in a Wisconsin district court Sept. 27, paying out over $11 million to clinical nurse advisers who were allegedly erroneously exempt from overtime pay.
Boston-based Mass General Brigham will give nearly all 80,000 employees each $1,000 bonuses in November, The Boston Globe reported Sept. 27.
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health said the system is investing $66 million to boost compensation for its 21,000 employees.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved an increase in overtime pay for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, techs, medical assistants, aides, clerks, cleaners and other patient-facing staff at several State University of New York hospitals.
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A male CEO's pay may be directly linked to how masculine his voice sounds, according to a Sept. 2 study published in the Journal of Management Studies.
The mean annual wage for nurse practitioners in the U.S. is $114,510, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest occupational employment and wage statistics survey.
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health will give its 15,500 employees bonuses to recognize their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concessions employees in San Francisco have voted to strike as volatile baseball and basketball schedules determine whether they have health insurance or not.
The largest pay ray ratio in healthcare is DaVita's CEO, who earns 1,137 times more than their median employee, according to a Sept. 9 Bloomberg report.