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12,000 Wake Forest Baptist Health employees to receive pay increase
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health plans to invest $23 million in market adjustments and pay alignments, including raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour, the organization said March 3. -
Florida health system to boost employee pay by 5%, upgrade other benefits
Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare, a two-hospital system with about 4,900 employees, said it is increasing staff pay and benefits in recognition of staff's work during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
21 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs
The economic effects from the pandemic may place more pressure on investors to reevaluate the pay packages of CEOs in the future. But for the time being, "we are simply getting wealthier CEOs," according to an annual report from the nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow. -
CHS' top execs get pay raises this year
Tim Hingtgen began serving as CEO of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on Jan. 1, and he'll get a base salary of $1.2 million this year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. -
University of Kansas Health System increases minimum wage to $15
The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kan., has boosted its minimum wage to $15 per hour. -
Ohio health system offering medical lab techs $4K sign-on bonuses
Trinity Health System is offering medical laboratory technicians up to $4,000 to join the Steubenville, Ohio-based organization, according to a Facebook post. -
Virginia county to give hazard pay bonus to healthcare workers
Eligible county healthcare workers in Virginia's Fairfax County will receive one-time hazard pay bonuses of up to $2,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WTOP. -
Tower Health to cut pay for executives, managers
Tower Health said it is cutting salaries of executives and managers amid financial losses linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
5 best-paying cities, states for physician assistants
Physician assistant is the top healthcare job in the U.S., with the best-paid 25 percent making $130,530 in 2019, and the lowest-paid 25 percent making $92,800 that year, according to U.S. News & World Report data released in January. -
Wyoming hospital staff to receive hazard pay
Employees at Johnson County Healthcare Center in Buffalo, Wyo., will receive hazard pay during the COVID-9 pandemic, according to a news release. -
Texas hospital to provide second round of stipends to employees
Employees at Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital can look forward to a special stipend in recognition of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a memo from the hospital's CEO. -
Citrus Health Network denies violating compensation rules as probe continues
Hialeah, Fla.-based Citrus Health Network is denying allegations made by Florida's Office of Inspector General that the nonprofit used taxpayer funds to pay excessively high salaries to top executives, according to the Miami Herald. -
Physician net revenue was down 4.5% in 2020, analysis finds
Although many physician practices saw increased productivity and revenue in the late summer and early fall, most performance measures, including physician net revenue, remained below 2019 levels amid a strained COVID-19 pandemic environment, according to a new analysis. -
Maine hospital pauses pay raises amid CEO search, financial struggles
York (Maine) Hospital is temporarily holding off on across-the-board pay raises as it works to improve its financial picture and continues to search for a permanent CEO, the Portsmouth Herald reported. -
California hospital pays employees $300 to get COVID-19 vaccine
Oak Valley Hospital District in Oakdale, Calif., is offering cash incentives to employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to CBS 13. -
Texas health system CEO says staff COVID-19 vaccinations, 'hope' bonus well-received
As the U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, one Texas health system has seen success with a multifaceted approach that includes offering employees a "hope bonus" if they are inoculated and meet other eligibility criteria. -
Colorado health system suspends executive bonuses
Denver Health has suspended the system under which executives received 2019 performance bonuses, according to CBS4. -
Why MaineHealth is opting out of hazard pay to employees
MaineHealth Portland will not give hazard pay to thousands of its workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Maine Beacon. -
Houston Methodist offers $500 bonus to employees who get COVID-19 shot
Houston Methodist is offering its employees a $500 "hope bonus" if they meet several eligibility criteria, including getting a COVID-19 vaccination, President and CEO Marc Boom, MD, said in a December email to employees, which was shared with Becker's Hospital Review. -
Kaiser to give 85,000 staff 'hero bonus'
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will provide 85,000 healthcare workers with a "hero bonus" to recognize their efforts caring for more than 400,000 COVID-19 patients during the pandemic, the union representing the workers said Dec. 21.
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