A Los Angeles judge has denied a challenge from the California Hospital Association to a ballot measure that would cap pay of hospital executives.

Most people do not get the higher pay they ask for when taking a new job — but most people do not even ask, according to Fortune. 

State lawmakers in Washington have introduced legislation aimed at imposing an excise tax on hospital employees making "excess compensation," according to an April 4 report in The Center Square.

The average weekly travel nurse pay in March in the U.S. was $2,590, down 14.09 percent from $3,015 during the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

A Los Angeles ballot measure backed by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West would cap pay for hospital executives at the compensation of the U.S. president, or $450,000 per year. The California Hospital Association is challenging the measure, arguing that the president earns more. 

In 2022, Community Health Systems' highest-earning executives saw pay cuts by the millions, according to a proxy statement filed March 30. 

Female physicians earn less than their male counterparts for all ages and family types, according to a study published March 24 in JAMA Health Forum.

Physician pay increases have failed to keep up with inflation rates in recent years, with average physician compensation declining by 2.4 percent last year. This decline is compared with an increase of 3.8 percent the prior year, according to Doximity's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."

In 2021, there was a 28 percent gender pay gap between male and female physicians. In 2022, it fell to 26 percent — but the cost is still significant, according to Doximity's 2023 Physician Compensation Report. 

Two out of three physicians are considering leaving their roles as overworking continues to be a widespread challenge and physician compensation remained flat or was down for many specialties last year, according to Doximity's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."

Surgical specialities tend to yield the highest pay, while pediatricians typically take home the least, according to a recent report from Doximity. 

Average physician pay in the U.S. decreased 2.4 percent between 2021 and 2022; however, it trended upward in some cities, according to a recent report from Doximity. 

In several cities across Texas and the Midwest, a $100,000 salary isn't eaten up by taxes and a high cost of living, Bloomberg reported. 

As inflation rises, workers are demanding higher wages — and securing them at hospitals and health systems nationwide. But in some cities, even six figures does not feel like much anymore, according to Bloomberg. 

The Colorado Department of Human Services plans to give $14,000 sign-on bonuses for nurses hired to two psychiatric hospitals, the state said March 15. 

Lawmakers in states across the U.S. are considering proposals targeting travel nurse prices, Kaiser Health News reported. 

As a gender pay gap persists in the U.S., researchers have mostly been unable to definitively determine the primary contributing variables to the disparities, Fortune reported March 14. 

In 2022, one of HCA Healthcare's highest-earning executives was also its newest. 

MetroHealth CEO Airica Steed, EdD, RN, is suspending supplemental and one-time bonus programs that led to the firing of former CEO Akram Boutros, MD, Cleveland.com reported March 14. 

Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network's HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, N.Y., and the New York State Nurses Association have agreed to a new three-year contract that includes raises.