Compensation news and information

As CEO pay continues to draw heightened scrutiny, compensation comparisons used by governing boards to justify the payouts are coming under fire from critics.
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The next time whistle-blower attorney Joel Androphy sits down for a settlement conference with hospital lawyers, he'll have a potent new tool in his arsenal: last week's $39 million Stark law jury verdict against Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C.
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Modern Healthcare ranks the top paid executives at publicly traded healthcare companies in 2012. The top five are presented here. The complete ranking is based on information from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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A list of the 25 highest paid healthcare-industry executives at publicly traded companies, ranked by total compensation for 2012 as reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Source: Modern Healthcare. Published May 13, 2013, p. 34.
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As states and the federal government work feverishly toward having health insurance exchanges ready for enrollment by Oct. 1, much of the discussion has focused on technology readiness, guidance from the CMS and competition from insurers. But one crucial element not brought up as often but still...
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Two Montana hospitals sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System are paying federal authorities $4 million after an internal review turned up more than 100 potentially illegal arrangements for paying doctors.
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As the U.S. faces a physician shortage—estimated at more than 90,000 by 2020 and more than 130,000 just five years later, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges—some practices are offering higher compensation and increased benefits to recruit physicians.
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U.S. House of Representatives committee chairmen asked for guidance on replacing the sustainable growth-rate Medicare physician payment formula, and healthcare associations were happy to comply. The responses reflected the concerns of each responding association's constituency—particularly...
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Health IT professionals are seeing relatively flat salaries this year, and many are slightly behind their counterparts in other IT fields when it comes to compensation, according to a new report.
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The rates for on-call physicians vary greatly—anywhere from $75 to $2,400 in median daily compensation—depending on specialty. That's according to the MGMA Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey for 2013.
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