Healthcare CEO pay has grown over the years, but why?

The highest-earning executives at Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, saw overall pay increases in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed April 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Self-employed physicians outearn their employed counterparts on average, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Compensation Report" released April 12. 

More than 127,000 physicians moved to employment from 2019 to 2023, according to new data from consulting firm Avalere in a study sponsored by the Physicians Advocacy Institute.

The Feb. 21 cybersecurity attack on UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare is taking a huge toll on physician finances, according to a recent study from the American Medical Association. 

Most Gen Zers and millennials would prefer to retire in the South, according to a new survey from financial services company GoBankingRates. 

Kenneth Candido, MD, CEO and president of Chicago Anesthesia Associates, joined Becker's to discuss why private practice physicians don't have power in healthcare. 

Internal medicine physician Keith Dunleavy, MD, is the youngest physician billionaire who made Forbes' 38th World's Billionaires list, released April 2. 

Four ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss what the ASC industry will look like in 10 years. 

From the number of procedures to safety, four ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the biggest misconceptions about surgery centers. 

CVS Health's highest paid executive made $21,615,034 in 2023, according to a regulatory filing published April 5.  

August Troendle, president, CEO and founder of clinical research company Medpace, had the biggest net worth jump between 2023 and 2024 of any physician billionaire. 

Payers should adjust reimbursements for more cardiology procedures to align with the quality and cost advantages of these services in the ASC setting, one ASC leader says.

Here are three leadership moves Optum, parent company of SCA Health, has made in 2024:

The ASC workforce is changing, but not all changes are for the better.

With a 2024 net worth of $1 billion, Roy Vagelos, MD, made Forbes' 38th annual World's Billionaires list, released April 2, for the first time. 

The highest-paid executive of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is the system's CEO, Samuel Hazen. 

Ten physicians made Forbes' 38th World's Billionaires list, released April 2. 

The highest paid executive at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare was paid 356 times more than the health system's median employee in 2023, according to a March 15 proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Here are 10 key notes about healthcare CEO pay: