Showing posts with label compensation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compensation. Show all posts

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Salaried Doctors At Hospitals: Strong Trend For Primary Care And Specialities

Apprehensive, Many Doctors Shift To Jobs With Salaries by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  February 13, 2014.

(1)  Today ___________ percent of family doctors and pediatricians are employees rather than independent.

(2)  Why does hospital employment for doctors in hospitals not always result in cost savings?


Friday, December 13, 2013

Four Overlooked Health Care Stories Of 2013

The 4 Most Overlooked Health Care Stories Of 2013 by Robert Pearl, M.D.  Forbes.  December 12, 2-13.

(1)  There were a number of investigative reports highlighting regional ______________ of American health care.

(2)  There is a growing realization that higher prices do not translate __________________.

(3)  What are two factors that lead to regional variation in costs

(4)  Cesarean birth rates in the U.S. are _________ the  World Health Organization's recommended rate of _________ percent.

(5)  According to the author, cesareans scheduled with less than 39 weeks of gestation are __________________.

(6)  Through the ACA insurance companies are mandated to  include ___________________.

(7)  In hypertension management, the average US. doctor achieves results that are ____________ than the best doctors.

(8)  The Physician Payment Sunshine Act requires that ___________________.


Monday, October 14, 2013

Retrospective Study Finds Lack of Links Of Hospital CEO Pay to Patient Outcomes

Hospital CEO Pay Not Tied To Quality by David Pittman.  Medpage Today.  October 14, 2013.

(1)  Nonprofit hospital chief executive compensation was correlated only with ____________________.

(2)  In 2009 CEO compensation averaged ______________.

(3)  An author of the study stated that it is important to understand the factors that influence a CEO's compensation because ___________________.

(4)  There was _________ between adjusted mortality and CEO pay.

(5)  Among the possible unintended consequences of linking CEO compensation to quality metrics could be ___________________.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hospitals Talk Cost Control; Reward Volume And Profit With Bonuses

Hospital CEO Bonuses Reward Volume and Growth by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News.  June 18, 2013.

(1)  How does hospital CEOs employment contracts and bonus packages under measures in the the 2010 health law that aim to cut unnecessary treatment and control costs?

(2)  Some studies have estimated that _________ percent of what is spent on U.S. health care is unnecessary.

(3)  How do hospital CEOs dispute the notion that profit is the CEO's sole focus?

(4)  As health care takes up larger portions of the economy, it consumes ________________________________________________.


Monday, June 17, 2013

A Great Collection of Pro's And Con's On A Variety Of Healthcare Issues

Big Issues: Health Care.  The Wall Street Journal.  June 17, 2013.

A great collection of both sides of healthcare issues including:  Should Physician Pay Be Tied To Performance?  Should We Eat A Mostly Organic Diet?  Will Employers Stop Offering Health Insurance?  Should Hospital Residency Programs Expand to Produce More Doctors?  Should Nurse Practitioners Be Able To Treat Patients Without Physician Supervision?  and more

Monday, February 25, 2013

Number of Men Nurses Increases

Report:  More Men Entering Nursing Profession.  USA TODAY.  February 25, 2013.

While the proportion of male registered nurses rose from 2.7% in 1970 to 9.6% in 2011, men, on average earned more, $60.700 a year for men and $51,100 for women.  Though the article did not draw this conclusion, this disparity could result in part from the fact that men represent 41% of nurse anesthetists, a relatively high-paying speciality.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

NYC Hospitals Chart Move Quality-Based Compensation for Physicians

New York City Ties Doctors' Income To Quality Of Care by Anemona Hartocollis.  The New York Times.  January 11, 2013.

In negotiations with physicians, the administrators of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation which runs the nation' largest public health system hope to incorporate quality measures in doctors' paychecks.  Such a action would be in keeping with the broad national trend away from rewards for volume of medical services and more toward quality of service.  The article contains several  interesting observations about who such a system could be "gamed."  For example studies of quality- based systems have shown that while measured quality service improved, unmeasured quality service declined.