Category: Compensation Issues

HCA Mission Hospital reduces pay for nurses in Weekender Program

Mission Hospital, an HCA Healthcare facility based in Asheville, N.C., has reduced pay for some nurses at the facility who are part of the hospital’s Weekender Program, spokesperson Nancy Lindell confirmed to Becker’s. 

HCA's highest-earning executives in 2024

In 2024, HCA Healthcare’s CEO Sam Hazen saw his overall compensation increase by more than $2 million as the health system reported an operating income of $8.5 billion (12.1% operating margin) on revenues of $70.6 billion, according to a proxy statemen…

HCA unveils exec bonus structure for 2025

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has unveiled plans for the 2025 Executive Officer Performance Excellence Program in a Feb. 24 Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

HCA unveils exec bonus structure for 2025

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has unveiled plans for the 2025 Executive Officer Performance Excellence Program in a Feb. 24 Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Travel nurse pay, by state

Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in February was $2,284.91, down 0.4% from January and down 3.6% from February 2024, according to data shared with Becker’s from Vivian, a healthcare career marketplace.

Gender pay gaps for PAs, by state

Gender pay gaps for physician assistants/associates vary across states, with Oklahoma having the largest disparity ($25,777) and Alaska having the smallest ($11,852), according to a report released Feb. 24 by the National Commission on Certification of…

PA pay, by state

Compensation for physician assistants/associates varies by state, with California PAs earning the highest average income in 2023 at $143,074 — an 11.5% increase from 2019, according to a report released Feb. 24 by the National Commission on Certificati…

Former employee sues Yale New Haven Health over alleged underpayments

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who alleges the health system unlawfully failed to pay employees for all hours worked due to its time-rounding policies and/or practices, according to court documents accessed by …

Pennsylvania system boosts pay for 9,000 employees

The Guthrie Clinic, a Sayre, Pa.-based health system with 10,000 total employees, is rolling out new benefits in 2025, including a 3% across-the-board wage bump for nearly all caregivers.

Travel nurse pay, by state

Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in January was $2,294.14, up 0.01% from December and down 3.57% from January 2024, according to data shared with Becker’s from Vivian, a healthcare career marketplace.