Category: Compensation Issues

UCHealth affiliate simplifies CEO bonus plan

The board of Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyo., an affiliate of Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth, has approved modifications to the criteria used to determine the bonus for CEO Matt Shahan for the 2022-23 fiscal year.

3 highest-paying healthcare jobs in 30 US cities

In a number of U.S. cities, physicians are among the highest-paid jobs across all industries. But regardless of specialty, their pay differs drastically from one city to another, according to a recent series of analyses from Zippia. 

10 states with the largest dips in travel nurse pay

The average weekly travel nurse pay in September in the U.S. was $2,383, a decrease of 0.2 percent from the previous month and a 9 percent decrease from the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring mark…

Same raise as last year? Don't bank on it

Workers anticipating merit raises equal to their last may be disappointed in the year ahead as companies look to scale back after years of increases throughout the pandemic, Bloomberg reports. 

Residents underpaid, underappreciated within a 'brutal' system, report says

Many final-year residents have said they are both underpaid and underappreciated for the sheer volume of work they are expected to do within what some termed a “brutal” healthcare system.

Resident physician trends: 9 numbers to know

Job offers for final-year residents may be widely present, but burnout is a problem. A lack of business preparedness and gender differences on pay expectations are also significant issues.

Prospect Medical hasn't paid some physicians amid cyberattack, financial struggles

Prospect Medical’s Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital and Eastern Connecticut Health Network in Manchester have struggled to pay physicians amid financial difficulties and a cyberattack in August that crippled their computer systems and disrupted operations, a…

Physician compensation in 2023: 22 numbers to know

Several reports have come out in recent months highlighting physician compensation trends. While data periods, criteria and samples differed over such reports, some trends emerged that showed consistent data, including a strong correlation between comp…

Sign-on bonuses for 9 physician specialties

Median sign-on bonuses in 2023 varied across physician specialties, according to Sullivan Cotter’s 2022-23 Physician Compensation and Productivity Report. 

California's proposed $25 healthcare worker minimum wage could take a decade

SEIU California and healthcare facilities in the state are making progress toward a $25 minimum wage for employees, but the process won’t be speedy, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 12.