Here are the 11 latest hospital executive and physician compensation stories from the past month, starting with the most recent.
1. The CEOs of two of the largest non-profit health systems in Idaho each made roughly $800,000 in 2011.
2. A Government Accountability Office report suggested CMS should model quality-based compensation for physicians after similar incentive programs already in existence from private insurers, including shortening the time delay for payments.
3. Non-profit executive compensation has been under increased scrutiny in Massachusetts over the past several years, especially at some of the state's largest non-profit hospitals and health systems, and new legislation to limit non-profit pay may roll out this month.
4. Carl Whitmer, president and CEO of Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare, recorded $1.93 million in total compensation in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2012.
5. Base salaries for managers and executives at hospitals and health systems increased 2.5 percent on average in 2012, which is in line with other industries but slightly lower than last year's pay bump of 2.8 percent.
6. Primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients in Rhode Island, New York, California, Michigan, New Jersey and Florida may be able to breathe a little easier next year, as their Medicaid pay rates are estimated to increase more than 100 percent.
7. When medical groups create physician base salaries, market salary data was still the top determinant.
8. The board of directors for Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif., approved a new contract for CEO Nancy Farber.
9. The CEOs of 35 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across multiple states recorded roughly $93 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation in 2011 — or an average of $2.66 million per Blues CEO.
10. In 2010, the 25 highest-paid executives at Lancaster (Pa.) General Health received $2.1 million in cumulative bonuses and incentives.
11. Excluding retirement payments and other deferred compensation, the top seven executives at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health made more than $13.5 million in compensation in 2011.
1. The CEOs of two of the largest non-profit health systems in Idaho each made roughly $800,000 in 2011.
2. A Government Accountability Office report suggested CMS should model quality-based compensation for physicians after similar incentive programs already in existence from private insurers, including shortening the time delay for payments.
3. Non-profit executive compensation has been under increased scrutiny in Massachusetts over the past several years, especially at some of the state's largest non-profit hospitals and health systems, and new legislation to limit non-profit pay may roll out this month.
4. Carl Whitmer, president and CEO of Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare, recorded $1.93 million in total compensation in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2012.
5. Base salaries for managers and executives at hospitals and health systems increased 2.5 percent on average in 2012, which is in line with other industries but slightly lower than last year's pay bump of 2.8 percent.
6. Primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients in Rhode Island, New York, California, Michigan, New Jersey and Florida may be able to breathe a little easier next year, as their Medicaid pay rates are estimated to increase more than 100 percent.
7. When medical groups create physician base salaries, market salary data was still the top determinant.
8. The board of directors for Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif., approved a new contract for CEO Nancy Farber.
9. The CEOs of 35 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across multiple states recorded roughly $93 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation in 2011 — or an average of $2.66 million per Blues CEO.
10. In 2010, the 25 highest-paid executives at Lancaster (Pa.) General Health received $2.1 million in cumulative bonuses and incentives.
11. Excluding retirement payments and other deferred compensation, the top seven executives at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health made more than $13.5 million in compensation in 2011.
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