As hospitals and lawmakers urge federal authorities to investigate travel staffing agencies for price-gouging, some travel nurses want the scrutiny redirected toward health systems’ C-suites.
Category: Compensation Issues
Ballad Health offers employees bonuses up to $1,250
To recognize the work employees are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health is giving full-time and part-time team members bonuses of up to $1,250, the health system’s chairman and CEO, Alan Levine, said Feb. 2.
What former Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft has to do with South Dakota’s Medicaid expansion fight
Kelby Krabbenhoft abruptly exited Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health in November 2020, days after he sent an email to employees explaining his stance against face masks. Now the former president and CEO is expected to be a symbolic face for opposit…
Rand: Most health systems pay physicians based on volume, not quality
Physicians employed by group practices owned by health systems are mostly paid based on the volume of care, despite recent insurance companies’ efforts to pay based on quality, a Jan. 28 Rand study published in Jama Health Forum found.
Novant Health invests $40M into PTO or cash reward for staff
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is investing $40 million into rewards for staff.
Texas offering hiring bonuses for some healthcare positions
Texas is offering hiring bonuses of up to $5,000 to nurses and other healthcare workers at state-supported living centers and state hospitals, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said Jan. 24.
Mayo Clinic addresses employees’ disappointment over 2% raise with multiplier
After announcing raises earlier in January, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is responding to employees who were disappointed in the amount, according to the Post Bulletin.
9 recent investments in hospital employee retention, recruitment
Several states, hospitals and health systems have made investments to retain and recruit employees as the nation deals with a major workforce shortage.
South Carolina hospital offers employees up to $10K for homebuyer assistance
Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has created a homebuyer assistance program to help staff purchase a home or refinance mortgages, with up to $10,000 in assistance.
Mayo Clinic to give employees 2% raises, less than national trend
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will provide its employees with a 2 percent raise in 2022 with a 2.75 multiplier, which is the same as the raise they received in 2020 before the pandemic and less than the national trend, the Post Bulletin reported J…
