Category: Compensation Issues

Pittsburgh-based UPMC is making changes to its travel staffing program, including cutting the base rate for some travel nurses, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Jan. 23. 

A new bill is on the Hill, seeking to raise taxes on companies whose top executives are paid at least 50 times more than the average worker. 

Walmart will boost store manager base pay by more than $10,000 next month, according to a post on the company’s website.

Montana is offering a new hiring incentive and wage increases to recruit and retain workers at state-run healthcare facilities. 

Work bonuses took a dive in 2023, Bloomberg reported Jan. 17. 

The median total cash compensation paid to physician assistants varies by specialty, according to one survey.

Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health realized it had a nurse retention problem as the system emerged from the pandemic. Like many health systems, Palomar relied on travel nurses to fill gaps as COVID-19 surged and the system felt the strain from nurs…

As staffing demands grow, Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is offering hiring bonuses to nurses to care for patients in the med-surg and progressive care units at all three of its hospitals in the Mahoning Valley, a metropolitan area in Northeast Ohio.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health will raise wages by 3%, which will add up to a total of $117 million added to the salaries of 64,000 employees, the system announced Jan. 12.

The median total cash compensation paid to nurse practitioners varies by specialty, according to one survey.