Category: Compensation Issues

Registered nurses in the U.S. make an average of $82,750 annually, and nurses in nearly every state make more than the mean annual wage from a year prior, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services President and CEO Marc Miller will get a base salary of $1.3 million this year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

Tenet Healthcare CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, saw his total compensation more than double in 2021, according to a proxy statement filed by the Dallas-based company March 25. 

The CEOs of some of the biggest hospital and health insurance companies reported total compensation of more $19 million last year.

New York City employers must include salary ranges for any advertised job, promotion or transfer opportunity, effective May 15. It behooves employers nationwide to take note. 

Of 57 companies examined on a 2022 “Racial and Gender Pay Scorecard,” 24 companies received an “F” grade, including five in healthcare.

Several hospitals have recently announced investments in employee compensation. Here are six hospital pay increases by the numbers, as reported by Becker’s:

Some top executives at major for-profit hospital operators saw their total compensation rise last year, while others saw total pay decline. 

Top executives at HCA Healthcare received higher salaries last year than in 2020, according to the Nashville, Tenn.-based company’s shareholder proxy statement. 

In Maryland, there is still a significant gender gap in physician compensation, even when controlling for age, speciality, hours and practice status, according the state’s medical society.