Anthem is offering financial incentives to encourage its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Compensation Issues
The CEOs of some of the biggest hospital and health insurance companies saw their pay soar last year, despite challenges linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Insider.
Highmark is facing a lawsuit filed by a former care management nurse who alleges the health insurer didn't pay required overtime for such tasks as reviewing authorization requests, according to Trib Live.
Some top executives at major for-profit hospital operators saw their total compensation rise last year, while others saw total pay decline.
Cigna is offering members who use certain psoriasis drugs $500 to switch to a different brand, according to the American Journal of Managed Care.
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The average annual wage across all healthcare support occupations in the U.S. was $32,250 in May 2020, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The average annual salary for nurse practitioners in the U.S. is $114,510, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey, released March 31.
The average annual salary for physician assistants in the U.S. is $116,080, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey, released March 31.
The average annual salary for registered nurses in the U.S. is $80,010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey released March 31.
An additional 36 years have been added to the estimated time it will take to close the gender pay gap, bringing the total to 135 years, according to a March 30 report published by the World Economic Forum.