Chief nurse anesthetist is the best-paying nurse job, with an average annual salary of $211,500, according to a report on Nursing Process.
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South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming and Nebraska are the top five states for physician pay, according to an analysis published Aug. 11 by The Washington Post.
More than 500 physicians and practitioners at Minneapolis-based Allina Health organization notified the National Labor Relations Board of their intent to unionize, the Star Tribune reported Aug. 11.
Orthopedic surgeons have the highest starting salary of any physician specialty, starting at $633,000, according to AMN Healthcare's "2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" report released July 24.
Here are the top 20 highest-paid specialties compared to hours worked for physicians ages 40 to 55, according to data from the The Washington Post:
Here are the top 20 specialties that are in "absolute demand," according to the "2023 Physician Incentive Review" from healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare.
Shawn Dufford, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Health System.
Many physician leaders feel noncompetes, which prohibit physicians from joining a competing practice or setting up their own within a particular geographic distance from their previous practice for a certain period of time, are stifling physician autonomy.
The specialty with the lowest pay growth in the last five years increased by only $2,000 while the specialty with the highest pay bump increased by more than $100,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Reports" for 2023 and 2018.
Urologist pay grew by $133,000 in the last five years, whereas pay for emergency medicine specialists — the specialty with the smallest growth — increased by only $2,000, according to data from Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023 and 2018.