Compensation

Salaries for healthcare administrators, physicians and clinicians vary based on geographic location, the size of the institution, education level, work experience and level of responsibility. This page include content about what healthcare workers are paid, and other factors that impact pay and personnel management.

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5 reasons healthcare will withstand the onslaught of ‘occupational shift’

Lines of work that shed staff en masse during the COVID pandemic will probably continue shrinking between now and the end of the decade.

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Travel nurses are happier: Here's why

For starters, travel positions in healthcare are known to come with higher compensation.

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Are CFOs the least job-secure members of the healthcare C-suite?

Chief financial officers are the most likely members of U.S. C-suites to leave their jobs within five years of starting, whether by resignation, retirement, termination or promotion.

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CMS slated to introduce nearly 400 new CPT codes in October

The upcoming changes include a total of 395 new codes, 25 deletions and 13 revisions.

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Primary care pay increases outpaced other specialties in 2022

That's according to new data from AMGA Consulting’s 36th annual Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey, which includes data from 446 medical groups, representing over 193,000 providers.

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Incorrect place-of-service codes resulted in Medicare overpayments totaling in the millions

The audit revealed that Medicare overpaid by approximately $22.5 million due to incorrect place-of-service coding completed by practitioners.  

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Walmart is raising wages for thousands of its healthcare workers

The retail giant recently announced plans to invest in its pharmacists and opticians. 

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Inflation continues to outpace physician compensation increases

The new data summary report, Benchmarking for the Future of Your Physician and APP Workforce, contains insight from nearly 190,000 providers across over 6,800 organizations.

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”