Compensation for most physician specialties continued to increase in 2019, according to the Medical Group Management Associations' annual Provider Compensation and Production Report. 

Mount Sinai Health System in New York City has cut crisis pay for its employees, a Mount Sinai spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Medscape released its annual Physician Compensation Report May 14, noting that in line with the past decade of its analysis, male physicians continue to earn more money than female physicians — 25 percent more in primary care and 33 percent more in specialty care, to be precise. 

Physicians in Kentucky earn the highest average salary in the U.S., according to a new Medscape survey.

Citing losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago-based Rush University System for Health plans to implement executive pay cuts and suspend bonuses, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Leadership and faculty physicians at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine will take three-month pay cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Shawn Vincent said in an interview with Becker's.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, primary care physicians earned an average of $243,000 and specialists earned an average of $346,000 — up 2.5 and 1.5 percent, respectively, from 2019. 

UPMC and Allegheny Health Network, both based in Pittsburgh, have largely returned to normal payroll operations after temporarily adjusting them earlier during the COVID-19 pandemic, they confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Nurse practitioners have the highest average annual salary in California, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The CEO and other executives at York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health will take pay cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system announced May 11.

The CEO of Providence and other executives will take pay cuts through the end of the year due to steep revenue declines the Renton, Wash.-based health system has seen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesperson said in an email to Becker's.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine informed some employees May 7 that bonuses they were set to receive due to their work amid the COVID-19 pandemic would be taken back because they were no longer eligible for the special compensation program, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Jim Skogsbergh, the CEO of Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health, will take a 50 percent salary cut for at least the next quarter, according to Milwaukee Business News.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's executive team will take a 30 percent pay cut until at least June 30, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

California is the top-paying state for registered nurses, according to May 2019 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Nineteen healthcare CEOs made Equilar's annual list of the 100 highest-paid CEOs at the largest U.S. companies.

Employees at Dignity Health Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., will receive $1 million in COVID-19 bonuses from an anonymous local donor, the hospital announced May 4. 

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has sent a letter to other Tenet Healthcare shareholders urging them to reject a $24 million pay package for Tenet Chairman and CEO Ronald Rittenmeyer. 

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center said employees who are temporarily without work will take pay cuts due to the financial effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Milwaukee and Downers Grove Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health is providing $15 million in award payments to more than 60,000 eligible employees in recognition of their work during 2019, according to an internal memo obtained by Becker's Hospital Review.