Hospitals have denounced criticism from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., about their charity care policies. But the issue of CEO pay has been less addressed and appears to be one the lawmaker will hold onto. 

The wealthiest people in the healthcare industry prove there's no one way to the top. Companies that now yield billions were built in garages, basements and spare bedrooms, and their founders and CEOs once worked the breakfast shift at McDonald's or were two-time college dropouts. 

About 455,000 healthcare workers in California are set to see wage increases as a result of a new minimum wage law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will gradually raise healthcare workers' hourly minimum wage to $25.

Of the nation's 16 most populated industries, registered nurses are projected to see the greatest increase in hourly pay when accounting for inflation, according to new research from telecommunications company TollFreeForwarding. 

Median base salaries for healthcare executives have increased year over year, reflecting continued pressure to attract top leaders and stabilize executive transitions, according to a survey conducted by consulting firm SullivanCotter. 

The pay gap is narrowing between legal chiefs and CEOs, according to a recent study from Equilar. 

Registered nurses in the U.S. are projected to see a pay increase of at least $13 more per hour by 2033, according to newly published research from TollFreeForwarding, a telecommunications company. 

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.

Pay for travel nurses has shifted in recent years due to various factors such as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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. 

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 marketplace.    

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network is offering enhanced sign-on bonuses for a number of open positions within its network, including up to $35,000 for registered nurses. 

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. 

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.

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'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, according to the CT Mirror.

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 compensation increases in certain specialties.

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

Median compensation increased by double-digit margins for 11 physician specialties in 2023 compared to last year, according to Sullivan Cotter's 2022-23 Physician Compensation and Productivity Report.